As Google plans to build a $15B AI data center hub in India's Visakhapatnam, locals and rights groups are raising concerns over "extremely high" water stress (Wall Street Journal)

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-subsidies-for-google-limited-water-for-locals-the-dilemma-of-ai-in-india-105a770e?st=CizQnF&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260528/i23.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260528/p23#a260528p23" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-subsidies-for-google-limited-water-for-locals-the-dilemma-of-ai-in-india-105a770e?st=CizQnF&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">As Google plans to build a $15B AI data center hub in India's Visakhapatnam, locals and rights groups are raising concerns over &ldquo;extremely high&rdquo; water stress</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Developing-world nations are offering billions of dollars in incentives for U.S. data centers, but locals say the cost is too high</p>