India, June 12 -- As India invites global data centre investments, communities across the US, Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia are resisting such projects over their heavy demand for water, electricity and land.

The article argues that AI data centres are being promoted in India as job creators, even though hyperscale facilities employ relatively few people once commissioned.

Concerns are growing over the ecological cost of large AI infrastructure projects, including water use, power subsidies, land acquisition and weak environmental scrutiny.

The piece calls on Indian climate and environmental campaigners to learn from global protests that have delayed or blocked data centre projects.

At about the time Prime Minister Narendra...