Karnataka Develops Sustainable Data Center Policy

India===Karnataka is developing a sustainable data center policy to address environmental concerns, particularly high water and energy consumption, associated with data centers. IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge announced this initiative in response to concerns raised by MLA Dheeraj Muniraj about India===Bengaluru losing data center investments to other cities. The new policy will explore the use of treated water and liquid cooling technologies. The state is also shifting its focus for data center development from India===Bengaluru, which faces water constraints and lacks a port for sub-sea cables, to coastal areas like India===Mangaluru. Discussions are underway with private companies and the Union Telecom Ministry to facilitate sub-sea cable landings in India===Mangaluru. The goal is to attract more data center investments and retain global technology firms like Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms, Alibaba Group, Tencent, Oracle Corporation, Apple Inc., and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone===NTT Data within India===Karnataka.