As India races to become a global AI hub, its data centres are quietly consuming water from some of the country’s most stressed aquifers. The environmental cost of India’s digital economy is a policy conversation we are overdue to have. Every time you stream a film on a Mumbai morning commute, every email you send …
On June 5, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Robin Khuda, the founder and CEO of AirTrunk, at his New Delhi office. What followed was an announcement that set a new benchmark for foreign investment in India’s digital economy. Modi announced AirTrunk’s plans to invest around Rs 3 lakh crore (USD 30 billion) in India …
The digital divide is a major global inequality shaped by access, affordability, and digital skills. Corporations play a key role in either widening or bridging this gap through their infrastructure, pricing, and inclusion efforts. The internet is no longer a convenience. It is an infrastructure. Access to digital connectivity determines whether a person can apply …
