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Google switched its planned gigawatt-scale hub in Andhra Pradesh to air cooling to ease local water strains as activists push for an infrastructure moratorium.
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Google switched its planned gigawatt-scale hub in Andhra Pradesh to air cooling to ease local water strains as activists push for an infrastructure moratorium.

Bilateral trade reached $8.7 billion in the first eight months of 2026, driven by raw material shipments and new border crossings.

Highway electricity consumption reached 163 million kilowatt-hours across 6.71 million charging sessions as the domestic electric fleet approached 49 million cars.

The trial used a Japan Coast Guard remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a Disaster Relief Unit Pod to achieve download speeds of up to 20 Mbps.

Mayors in Albay set an end-October deadline for utility ALECO to halt recurring blackouts after taking 867 million pesos in government subsidies.

The New South Wales government granted consent for the 96-megawatt Huntingwood facility, adding critical capacity as hyperscale operators face tighter community scrutiny in Sydney.

Malaysia’s state-backed wholesale carrier Digital Nasional Berhad replaces a government credit line as three private telcos prepare to take equal equity stakes.

The expansion by Brite Energy Partners features 62 ultra-fast 400 kW units and promotional charging rates for members.

Alstom will build the initial 83 automated trainsets in France before Vingroup manufactures the remaining 117 units in Vietnam.

Vietnam completed its nationwide 2G switch-off after state operator Viettel migrated nearly 8.6 million users to higher-speed networks in eight months.

The wholly Saudi-owned cable will connect Duba to Sharm El Sheikh, supporting digital sovereignty under Vision 2030.

The precautionary shutdown followed a routine inspection of the link connecting Gulf of Thailand offshore gas production to processing facilities in Thailand and Malaysia.

The Tier III-certified UzCloud facilities provide sovereign AI computing and GPU services more than 300 kilometres from Tashkent.

Thailand’s primary air hub will expand automated border control to 228 gates as terminal passenger volumes reach 59.6 million.

Rainfall nearing 300 millimetres cut off 15 major arterial routes and overwhelmed eastern canals, halting urban logistics and commercial traffic across the Thai capital.

Canceled projects cut 6.4 billion tonnes of lifetime carbon emissions while private off-grid plants in Indonesia keep 20.5 gigawatts in planning.
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