{"slug": "who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill", "title": "Who will pay for Karnataka’s AI infrastructure bill?", "summary": "Karnataka's AI infrastructure expansion raises unresolved questions about who will cover the underlying costs of data centres before they become public expenses, according to an opinion piece by Era Sakhuja published 23 September 2026. The piece frames the issue not as data centres versus the environment but as whether infrastructure expenses are accounted for in advance.", "body_md": "Story continues below. \nGo Ad Lite\n\nHome\nopinion\nWho will pay for Karnataka’s AI infrastructure bill?\nIt's not data centres versus the environment. It's whether their underlying infrastructure expenses are accounted for before they become public expenses.\nEra Sakhuja\nLast Updated : \n23 September 2026, 07:03\n IST\nStory continues below. \nGo Ad Lite\nJoin Us\nPrefer\nComments", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill", "canonical_source": "https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill-4156332", "published_at": "2026-09-23 07:03:21+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 07:24:07.264887+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Karnataka", "Era Sakhuja"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/who-will-pay-for-karnatakas-ai-infrastructure-bill.jsonld"}}