Some shareholders flag Alphabet setting up new data centres in India

Some shareholders of Google parent Alphabet said they were concerned by the company’s plans to expand data center operations in locations including India which they claimed were reported by the US State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices to present significant human rights violations.

“These include… Delhi, India where the government frequently orders internet shutdowns and where Google’s Transparency report showed a 69% increase in government requests for user data in 2019 and an additional 50% by 2021,” the proposal reviewed by ET said.