National Informatics Centre (NIC) has started its cloud based National Data Centre at Bhubaneswar to tackle the cyber risks in the country.
“This data centre in Bhubaneswar is of global standards… We don’t discriminate, we don’t see development through political colour,” Prasad said at a conference here.
Inaugurated the National Data Centre at Bhubaneswar. This is the 4th National Data Centre of NIC and 1st one in the eastern India. #DigitalIndia pic.twitter.com/0VHIcFgmEe
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) May 28, 2018
NIC is providing responsible for providing governance services and hosts nearly 10,000 websites of the government.
This new centre is the fourth such data centre in the country.
Spread over an area of 40,000 square feet, the centre will support 35,000 virtual servers.
“Data centre is important because data sanctity is important,” Prasad said.
National Data Centre at Bhubaneswar will boost the digital development of Odisha. This world class digital infrastructure has been developed by NIC. #DigitalIndia pic.twitter.com/FSkWoOL5Ar
— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) May 28, 2018
The new data centre will offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for e-governance applications of various ministries and departments.
“With a slew of government apps including MyGov, e-way bill, public finance management system, eHospitals all being hosted by NIC, the demand for computing and storage has increased many folds,” said Neeta Verma, director general of NIC.