# Google clears land for India’s largest data centre

https://mins.news/en/video/91337

- CBC News, 2026-10-08 11:58 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJPf6Pxfvs

> Google is clearing more than 600 acres in southern India for a $15-billion, one-gigawatt data centre hub, its largest outside the U.S. State officials say it could create jobs, while local activists worry about farmland loss and heavy water and electricity use.

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