New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- With the rapid expansion of data centres driving unprecedented energy demand, energy experts highlight that India is uniquely positioned to capitalise on its already surplus power capacity.

According to the experts, the country has the potential to emerge as a global leader by treating electricity as a tradable commodity and demonstrating its capability to meet growing domestic and international energy needs.

Speaking at the National Conference on AI and Machine Learning based solutions in the power sector, Jitendra Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director of REC Limited, said, "With the exploding growth of artificial intelligence, with the exploding growth of data centres, with the sheer amount of power required ...