{
 "site": "dholera.blog",
 "url": "https://dholera.blog/essays/dholera-data-centres-and-ai/",
 "title": "Dholera data centre plans: agreement, target, and reality",
 "author": "Bhavik Sarkhedi",
 "date": "2026-08-03",
 "primary_query": "dholera data centre",
 "verdict": "The data centre story is genuine at agreement tier and speculative at every tier above it. An agreement was reported on 20 February 2026, the Rs 25,000 crore and 250 MW figures remain MoU-stage, and the state's 7.5 GW ambition is a policy target rather than Dholera capital. Useful load, weak city-builder. Dated 3 August 2026.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Dholera SIR official: about",
   "url": "https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/about_us"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC (Dholera SIR)",
   "url": "https://www.nicdc.in"
  },
  {
   "label": "NICDC DMU report, 30.06.2026",
   "url": "https://api.nicdc.in/upload/image/dmu-Report.pdf"
  },
  {
   "label": "Tata Power (300 MW Dholera)",
   "url": "https://www.tatapower.com"
  },
  {
   "label": "The Greenfield Index: the full interactive board",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/index/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Sarkhedi (2026), Why Greenfield Cities Succeed or Fail, preprint, free download",
   "url": "https://dholera.blog/library/"
  },
  {
   "label": "Dated Dholera timeline (independent wire)",
   "url": "https://dholerasir.news/timeline/"
  }
 ],
 "license": "Quote freely with attribution and date."
}