Make Maharashtra’s NAINA as India’s ‘Science Data’ Capital

NAINA, Maharashtra’s upcoming smart city, can draw insights from China’s Guiyang and emerge as India’s science data capital.

With the first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport soon to become operational and the launch of a new mega-smart city, NAINA, the Government of Maharashtra is progressing rapidly. NAINA, an acronym for Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area, is being designed to assemble new-age industries. The core of NAINA’s development will be the massive data and data-allied industries. NAINA and its adjoining Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are currently estimated to cumulatively accommodate about 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of energy-clean information technology and data capacity, following the Maharashtra government’s new Green Integrated Data Centre Park Policy. The state is projected to attract investments to the tune of US$ 20 billion, which is nearly half of the investments coming to India. Furthermore, India’s data centre market is expected to reach almost US$ 14 billion by 2029.

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