Odisha plans disaster-immune data centre, initiates talks with NIC, BSNL

With a capacity of 40 racks, the existing state data centre is saturated. It has been hosting more than 300 critical applications, catering to the needs of all government departments

Two months after the state's coast was pounded by Cyclone Fani, the Odisha government has set the ball rolling for a disaster resilient data centre.

The state's data centre had suffered consequential damage after the tropical cyclone damaged power infrastructure.

“Our data centre has suffered multiple fibre disruptions due to the cyclone. We have done a detailed study on the disaster resilient, cloud-based data centre. It has multiple power back-ups. Also, the data centre will be loaded with cyber security features and we will have a standard operating procedure (SOP) for easy hosting of government applications. It will offer