Revising its data centre policy, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up more centres of excellence with the help of educational institutions, industry associations or any other government/private institutions to give an impetus to research, entrepreneurship and start-up culture in the state.
According to an order dated April 13, 2023, the state government would bear 50 per cent of the cost to build a data centre. A government-empowered committee will be authorised to take a decision on the issue.
The state government has revised the target of attracting investments under the policy from ₹20,000 crore to ₹30,000 crore. It proposes setting up at least eight ultra-modern private data centre parks against three earlier. The policy also proposes to develop a data centre park up to a capacity of ₹900 MW against 250 MW provided in the previous policy. The data centre parks may be sub-leased to data centre units and special purpose vehicles without any charges.