Rahul Somvanshi
A report carried by the New Indian Express, attributed to PTI and published on 18 October, said two data centre campuses planned by AdaniConneX together with Google in Visakhapatnam are intended to use air cooling rather than evaporative cooling systems. The campuses, planned for sites at Mudasarlova and Tarluvada, are together expected to draw close to 1 gigawatt of capacity once developed, according to the report, which described the facilities as still in the planning stage. It did not say whether construction at either site had begun.
The report said the developers plan to rely on air cooling instead of evaporative cooling at the two sites. Beyond naming the choice between the two cooling methods, the report did not provide additional detail on the basis for the decision or how it would be implemented at either campus.
According to the report, freshwater consumption projected across three sites combined is expected to remain below the volume held by an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The report said approximately 80 percent of that projected freshwater allocation is intended for landscaping, kitchen use and facilities serving onsite workers, citing project details provided to it. It did not break down the remaining 20 percent further.
The report also said the project includes dedicated industrial water connections for the campuses. It did not describe further how those connections would be arranged or supplied, citing only the existence of dedicated connections as part of the project plans.
Domestic wastewater generated at the campuses is planned to be treated and reused onsite, the report said. This detail was listed among the water management measures described in the project information cited by the report, which did not specify the treatment method to be used.
The report specifically said no treated wastewater from the campuses is planned to be discharged into the Mudasarlova Reservoir, a water body located near one of the two sites. No further detail on reservoir management or monitoring was included in the report, the report attributing this detail directly to the project information it had reviewed.
The report said these details were drawn from project information describing the planned campuses and did not provide a timeline for when construction or commissioning of the full 1 gigawatt capacity would be completed. It also did not indicate whether the water-related commitments described would be subject to independent verification.
