Data centres will not touch Visakhapatnam’s drinking water, Lokesh tells Andhra Assembly
Minister for IT and Education Nara Lokesh addressing the Assembly in Amaravati. File | Photo Credit: G. N. Rao Data centres will not take water from the taps of Visakhapatnam, Information Technology Minister Nara Lokesh told the Assembly on Wednesday (August 19, 2026), answering what he called deliberate misinformation about their environmental cost. Replying to…