India, Oct. 21 -- Climate Collective Foundation is exploring a digital water-tech accelerator to help municipalities and industrial users measure and reduce water consumption, as the need for reliable resource data emerges as a challenge for climate technology deployment in India.

The proposed initiative would connect water-tech startups with municipalities, industrial parks and funding partners, Pratap Raju, founder of Climate Collective Foundation (CCF), told Dataquest. CCF is also planning a technology-sourcing accelerator for 2027 to identify and validate solutions that can help data centres address their energy, water and biodiversity impacts.

The plans come amid broader discussions on deploying data and artificial intelligence (AI...