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New Delhi: The Great Nicobar island – which will lose 130 square kilometers of rainforest to upcoming controversial infrastructure projects worth Rs 92,000 crore – could soon also host a ‘green’ AI data centre run by a private sector entity if the Andaman and Nicobar Administration has its way.

After the Union government gave green clearances to construct an international container terminal, airport, township, power plant and tourism facilities on Great Nicobar, the administration now wants a private sector-led ‘green’ AI data centre too.

The Andaman and Nicobar Administration, in an Expression of Interest (EOI) document published on August 10, has called for entities in the private sector – “reputed hyperscalers, cloud service providers, AI infrastructure companies, data-centre developers and operators, marine-engineering companies, renewable-energy companies, sub-sea connectivity providers and other technically qualified........

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