Regenerative Infrastructure Holdings Develops First Nepal AI Data Center as 71% of Americans Oppose Local Projects
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Updated · The National Law Review · Jun 24
Regenerative Infrastructure Holdings Develops First Nepal AI Data Center as 71% of Americans Oppose Local Projects
3 articles · Updated · The National Law Review · Jun 24
Summary
Regenerative Infrastructure Holdings is developing its first Regenerative AI Data Center in Nepal, pairing the site with a training center and a joint venture with local power producers.
The Nepal project will run on run-of-river hydropower on a fully renewable national grid, send 2% to 5% of gross revenue to a community trust, return waste heat to local enterprise, and keep part of compute capacity sovereign.
RIH says the model answers growing resistance to conventional AI infrastructure, which it describes as extractive of local land, power, water and economic value.
In the U.S., 71% of Americans oppose AI data centers in their local area, while at least 75 projects worth about $130 billion were blocked or delayed in the first quarter of 2026.
The company says it is also discussing projects in the United States and Africa, pitching a model that routes more data-center value back into host communities.