The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has commissioned Hiranandani Group's subsidiary, Yotta Infrastructure, to construct and manage a data centre in New Delhi as it seeks to strengthen its cloud services. This will allow NIC to leverage the exposure of Yotta, which is known for offering cutting-edge solutions, and help the government agency achieve its goal of digitizing the country.

Hiranandani Group enters data centres

The Hiranandani Group, led by Darshan Hiranandani, has been a significant player in India's real estate and infrastructure development sectors for many years. In July 2020, they announced the formation of Yottsa Infrastructure, a subsidiary aimed at transforming the data centre industry in India. As such, their flagship project, Navi Mumbai-based The NM1, is currently ranked second globally as one of the largest data centres.

Yotta's Services and Facilities

Yotta Infrastructure, under the stewardship of Darshan Hiranandani, provides hyperscale Tier IV data centres such as colocation, hybrid multi-clouds, managed IT, and security services. Its data centre parks have unmatched advantages obtained through harnessing skills in property by Hianandans' Company, structure-building capacities that are internally developed, and distribution of power.

NIC's Drive Towards Local Cloud Service Delivery

Through this partnership with Yotta Infrastructure, NIC has taken a significant step toward strengthening its cloud computing offerings and developing a robust domestic cloud ecosystem. This fits perfectly within the government's focus on "Make in India" cloud capabilities while keeping data sovereignty intact.

Yotta's Growth Strategies and Capital Deployment

A cloud arm company of Yotta Infrastructure called Yotta Data Services has aggressive plans to expand operations, including consideration of an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital. It intends to pump Rs 16000 crore for growth, mainly to buy Nvidia GPUs, data centre engineering, and infrastructure development. With this investment, Yotta will be able to install a 16,000-unit GPU cluster, thus becoming the largest in Asia and the eleventh-biggest supercomputer worldwide.

The strategic collaboration between NIC and Darshan Hiranandani's Yotta Infrastructure represents a key milestone in India's data centre and cloud services landscape. NIC seeks to improve its cloud services by leveraging Yotta's expertise and infrastructure, thus supporting government digital initiatives. This strategic partnership is expected to enhance government data management's efficiency, security, and scale, resulting in a more robust digital infrastructure in India. The future of NIC's data centre operations is looking bright with Yotta Infrastructure at the helm, which raises levels of excellence for the industry.