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Facts Speak for Themselves

• Industry projections estimate India’s data centre water consumption could rise from roughly 150 billion litres annually to around 358 billion litres by 2030.

• A 1-megawatt (MW) data centre can consume approximately 20–30 million litres of water per year (55,000–80,000 litres per day).

• A 100-MW AI data centre campus — increasingly common for hyperscale operations — could require 2–3 billion litres annually.

• India is the world’s largest extractor of groundwater (FAO, World Bank).

• Approximately 70–80% of India’s freshwater withdrawals support agriculture (FAO AQUASTAT).

• Over 60% of irrigation in many states depends on groundwater.

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This is not AI versus agriculture.

It is about ensuring that technological progress does not quietly undermine the foundation of rural livelihoods and food security.

India is a farming civilisation, not merely a digital marketplace.

Water sustains life.
Water sustains crops.
Water sustains social stability.

Let India lead not only in AI capability — but in AI responsibility.