National Data Centres being set up in Bhopal, Guwahati: Dhotre

New Delhi, Mar 19 () Two National Data Centres, one in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and another in Guwahati, Assam, are in the process of being set up, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Outlining the plans for the centre in Bhopal, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said, "a 1,500-rack National Data Centre shall be established in a phased manner including infrastructure for complete operational and management support".

Five acres of land in IT-Park, Bhopal, was allotted to National Informatics Centre (NIC) by the Madhya Pradesh government, for establishment of the data centre at Bhopal.

"In the first phase of the project, 250-rack state-of-art... Data Centre will be setup with an expansion capability to 500 racks. Subsequent phases shall be taken up later as per the demand," he said.

The project execution has commenced and is expected to be completed in two and half years, he said.

A National Data Centre has been planned at Guwahati, Assam, he informed.

"The establishment of 200-rack National Data Centre in north eastern region is likely to be started soon and is expected to be completed in two and half years," he said.

Assam government has already allotted land for the project, he added. MBI ANSANS