{"id":20965,"date":"2025-11-25T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/its-hell-for-us-here-mumbai-families-suffer-as-datacentres-keep-the-city-hooked-on-coal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:37:17","slug":"its-hell-for-us-here-mumbai-families-suffer-as-datacentres-keep-the-city-hooked-on-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/its-hell-for-us-here-mumbai-families-suffer-as-datacentres-keep-the-city-hooked-on-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s hell for us here\u2019: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India\u2019s largest cities must keep its major coal plants<\/p>\n

Each day, Kiran Kasbe drives a rickshaw taxi through his home neighbourhood of Mahul on Mumbai\u2019s eastern seafront, down streets lined with stalls selling tomatoes, bottle gourds and aubergines\u2013and, frequently, through thick smog.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, doctors found three tumours in his 54-year-old mother\u2019s brain. It\u2019s not clear exactly what caused her cancer. But people who live near coal plants are much more likely to develop the illness, studies<\/a> show<\/a>, and the residents of Mahul live a few hundred metres down the road from one.<\/p>\n

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\nAs Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India\u2019s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
\nEach day, Kiran Kasbe drives a rickshaw taxi through his home neighbourhood of Mahul on Mumbai\u2019s eastern seafront, down streets lined with stalls selling tomatoes, bottle gourds and aubergines\u2013and, frequently, through thick smog.
\nEarlier this year, doctors found three tumours in his 54-year-old mother\u2019s brain. It\u2019s not clear exactly what caused her cancer. But people who live near coal plants are much more likely to develop the illness, studies show, and the residents of Mahul live a few hundred metres down the road from one. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India\u2019s largest cities must keep its major coal plants Each day, Kiran Kasbe drives a rickshaw taxi through his home neighbourhood of Mahul on Mumbai\u2019s eastern seafront, down streets lined with stalls selling tomatoes, bottle gourds and …<\/p>\n

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