Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
The revision is the story Governments revise forecasts. That is ordinary. What is not ordinary is the size and speed of this one. India's AI data centre electricity demand projection for FY2031-32, as revised. Both figures are official ministry projections. Projection date Forecast added demand by FY32 Change March 202613.56 GWBaseline July 202626.3 GW+94% A near-doubling of a five-year projection inside five months is not a modelling refinement. It is an admission that the demand signal moved faster than the planning process, and it is the single most useful data point in the release, because it tells you the current number is a snapshot rather than a settled estimate. Set 26.3 GW against the Central Electricity Authority's overall outlook to see the scale. The CEA expects India's peak…
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