New Delhi, October 24:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on Sunday, October 25, to inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Jatani, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the facilities at around 4:45 pm at Jatani, Info-Vally-2, Bhubaneswar, and address the gathering.
The newly established facilities are designed to strengthen the technological infrastructure of India’s financial system by providing the RBI and the broader financial sector with a secure, resilient, scalable and future-ready computing ecosystem.
The data centre complex will house four state-of-the-art data centres to support mission-critical payment and settlement systems, along with other flagship initiatives. The facility has received Tier IV certification from the Uptime Institute, a globally recognised benchmark for data centre infrastructure and operational resilience.
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According to the press release, the facility is among the largest Tier IV-certified data centre facilities in the global Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector.
The initiative is expected to enhance the reach, efficiency and reliability of digital financial services while providing a secure digital foundation for India’s increasingly technology-driven financial economy. It will also reinforce the RBI’s digital infrastructure capabilities among central banks worldwide.
The Cybersecurity Training Institute will serve as a dedicated centre for cybersecurity and enterprise technology training, research and capacity building across the financial sector.
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The institute will focus on emerging and advanced technologies relevant to the BFSI sector, including quantum computing and artificial intelligence, to strengthen technological expertise and cybersecurity preparedness across the industry, the release added.