Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
The farmers of Tarluvada, who have protested against Google’s mega-scale AI datacentre coming to their small rural village in south-east India. Jobs, usually scarce in this impoverished community, would become bountiful, real estate prices would soar and compensation for any land would be generous.View image in fullscreenA traditional house in Tarluvada. Photograph: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/The GuardianFew in the village – which sits on a dusty unpaved road and is surrounded by farms and forest – had even heard of AI or knew what a datacentre was.
- ▪The farmers of Tarluvada, who have protested against Google’s mega-scale AI datacentre coming to their small rural village in south-east India.
- ▪Jobs, usually scarce in this impoverished community, would become bountiful, real estate prices would soar and compensation for any land would be generous.View image in fullscreenA traditional house in Tarluvada.
- ▪Photograph: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/The GuardianFew in the village – which sits on a dusty unpaved road and is surrounded by farms and forest – had even heard of AI or knew what a datacentre was.
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The farmers of Tarluvada, who have protested against Google’s mega-scale AI datacentre coming to their small rural village in south-east India. Photograph: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/The GuardianLocals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the governmentBy Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassanin TarluvadaSat 26 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 26 Sep 2026 07.03 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen the government officials arrived in Tarluvada last year, they came with abundant promises.Google, one of the world’s richest and most powerful tech companies, would soon be bringing a “golden opportunity” to this tiny village in south India: a $15bn AI datacentre.The project, being built in the Indian state of Andhra…
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