MeitY’s draft data centre policy assigns ‘infrastructure’ status to the sector

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology on Friday released the draft data centre policy which said that the government will work towards providing “infrastructure status” for the data centre sector, at par with other sectors like Railways, Roadways, and Power.

The status will help the sector avail long-term credit from domestic and international lenders at easier terms and will give a boost to the investments, the draft said. The policy also aims to simplify clearances for setting up data centres in the country.