BENGALURU: The government is set to roll out a data centre policy with a vision to position Karnataka as the destination of choice for futuristic data centres and also attract Rs 10,000 crore in investment by 2025.
The cabinet, which met here on Monday, approved the policy, which will come into force with immediate effect. Currently, the state has as many as eight data centres with a capacity of 96MW, which is about 15% of India’s total capacity. The policy aims to increase capacity to 170MW with 10 new data centres by 2025.