Data embassies, sovereign cloud at the heart of India's data centre roadmap

The government's data embassy and sovereign cloud initiatives are a thinly veiled attempt to distract from the lack of transparency in India's data center investments.

By framing these projects as 'government investment' and 'national data strategy', the government avoids scrutiny of the actual companies and interests driving these initiatives. This silence is consistent with a broader pattern of opacity in India's data center policies, which prioritize corporate interests over public transparency.

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