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The path of Cyclone Arnab went through India’s plans for data centers and future growth

BENGALURU, India (AP) — A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars of investment in data centers, underscoring the threats to infrastructure as extreme weather becomes more frequent.

Cyclone Arnab battered parts of eastern Andhra Pradesh state Wednesday, killing three people, damaging homes and infrastructure and inundating roughly 200,000 acres of cropland, according to authorities. Heavy rainfall was the biggest threat inland as the storm weakened.


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