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Chennai, Nov 26 (PTI): Tamil Nadu aims to become the numero uno destination for data centres by catering to all the specific requirements and providing an attractive business environment to companies interested in setting up such centres, the Data Centre policy released by the state government on Friday said.
Chief Minister M K Stalin unveiled the ambitious Data Centre policy after inaugurating the 20th edition of "Connect 2021" here.
The Data Centre policy aims to promote Tamil Nadu as an ideal investment destination and the government would adhere to providing power, land and connectivity infrastructure for data centres, fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to Data Centre developers to boost investment, it said.
The policy also promotes use of renewable energy in the data centres for day-to-day operations and appropriate institutional measures have been created along with a supportive technological framework.
Tamil Nadu is a leading hub for Data centres and is poised to become the Data Centre capital of the country.
According to the policy, the domestic data centre market is expected to touch USD 1.5 billion by 2022 with a 11.4 per cent growth.