India, Nov. 10 -- Down To Earth analyses ESG reports of India's top data centre operators - from AdaniConneX to Sify - and finds glaring gaps in water-use transparency.

Firms promise "water-neutral" and "AI-ready" facilities but offer little evidence to back their claims.

Key metrics like Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) remain inconsistently reported and poorly standardised.

Companies tout offsetting and recycling projects while communities near their sites still face declining groundwater.

Experts warn that without independent verification, corporate sustainability claims risk becoming digital greenwash.

In the first three parts of this series, Down To Earth (DTE) traced India's rapidly expanding data centre industry, a pillar of th...