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04/11/22 06:34 AM IST

India’s Biggest Hyperscale Data Centre

In News 
  • North India’s first hyper-scale data centre Yotta Yotta D1 was established recently.
Data Centre 
  • Yotta D1, built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore, is the country’s biggest and UP’s first data centre.
  • It is spread over an area of 3 lakh square feet at the upcoming Data Centre Park in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Importance 
  • The data centre will increase data storage capacity of the country, which until now stood at 2% only despite the fact that 20% of the world’s data is consumed by Indians.
  • It is also expected to increase Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) significantly while creating new avenues for investment and huge employment opportunities.
  • Yotta D1 features Internet peering exchanges and direct fibre connectivity to and from global cloud operators, making it extremely useful for global connectivity.
  • Yotta D-1 will be the first pillar of North India's 5G revolution.
  • India's data analytics industry is estimated to reach more than $16 billion by 2025. Therefore, paying special attention to promoting investment in data centre infrastructure is a step in the right diretion.
  • The presence of a data park would allow big companies like Google and Twitter to have a data centre for hosting, processing and storing data.
NIC Data centres 
  • The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has set up state-of-the-art National Data Centres (NDCs) at NIC Headquarters in Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar and 37 small Data Centres at various State Capitals.
  • The first Data Centre was launched in Hyderabad in 2008.
  • These NDCs form the core of e-Governance Infrastructure in India by providing services to various e-Governance initiatives undertaken by the Government of India.
  • The foundation stone of the first NDC for North Eastern Region (NEDC) was laid by in Guwahati, Assam in February 2021.
Source- The Hindu 

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