India’s clean power firms prepare for an AI-fueled data center demand surge

Bloomberg reports, in a story published by The Economic Times, that India’s renewable energy suppliers are preparing for rising demand from AI data centers. CleanMax founder Kuldeep Jain estimates that five gigawatts of data center capacity in India would need 30–40 gigawatts of renewable power. The report says CleanMax has signed deals to supply 1.8 gigawatts to customers including Meta, Google, Apple and Amazon.