Brookfield bets on AI inference, clean power in India while tackling curtailment risks

Brookfield expects India to add 6 GW in data centre capacity for AI inference over the next five years, betting on growth in the sector alongside renewable energy solutions while mitigating curtailment risks. Arpit Agrawal, Brookfield's head of India infrastructure, said India currently has about 1.5 GW of installed data centre capacity, almost all of which is non-AI.

Brookfield bets on AI inference, clean power in India while tackling curtailment risks It expects the country to add 6 GW in data centre capacity for AI inference over the next 5 years SINGAPORE Global asset manager Brookfield is betting on growth in data centre capacity for artificial intelligence inference in India, alongside renewable energy solutions – albeit with an eye on mitigating the risk of curtailment where grids are under-developed. “Data centres are a fascinating area where India hasn’t really caught the AI wave yet,” said Arpit Agrawal, Brookfield’s head of India infrastructure. India currently has about 1.5 gigawatts GW of installed data centre capacity https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/google-plans-us15-billion-data-centre-hub-biggest-india-bet , but “almost all of it is non-AI”, he told reporters at a virtual media roundtable on Tuesday Jul 28 . TRENDING NOW /pulse?ref=trending-now SIA sinks into the red with S$76 million Q1 loss as fuel costs jump 15-month wait-out curb lifted for private property owners buying HDB resale flats ABSD deadline extended to up to 7 years for developers of large en bloc sites to encourage reuse of land A ‘shadow bank’ hiding in Singapore’s Little India casts light on financial services gap