'Not a single drop': AI data centre boom sparks water protests on Indonesian island

Around 300 residents of Indonesia’s Batam island stormed a data centre compound with empty bottles and jerry cans, protesting a water shortage that they say has left their homes without running water for three months amid the island’s growing AI infrastructure boom.According to a BBC report, the protesters gathered at Nongsa Digital Park, accusing data centres of having access to water while residents struggled to secure basic...