PM Modi inaugurates North-East’s largest national data hub in Assam

The Tier III, IGBC Gold-rated National Data Center in Assam, built by Yotta for NIC, is designed to power secure e-governance, AI workloads and cloud infrastructure across the North-Eastern states with scalable, resilient capacity.

Yotta Data Services today announced the commissioning and operationalisation of the National Data Center – North East Region (NDC NER), marking a significant expansion of India’s government digital infrastructure footprint in the region.

The facility was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Developed by Yotta as a greenfield project on behalf of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the centre is the largest data facility commissioned in Assam so far and among the most advanced government data centres in eastern India.

Built to meet Tier III and IGBC Gold standards, the G+5 structure spans a 4,000 square metre campus. It currently houses 200 racks with a 2 MW IT load and has the capability to scale up to 8 MW in total power capacity in future phases. The centre has been engineered to operate in Seismic Zone V and was constructed under complex geotechnical conditions, including high groundwater levels and weak soil layers, requiring deep load-bearing pile foundations to ensure structural stability.

Built for secure and resilient digital governance

The NDC NER has been designed to host sensitive government data and applications in a secure and sovereign environment. It is expected to support e-governance platforms, citizen-facing services and inter-departmental systems across the North-Eastern states, enabling improved data localisation and operational resilience.

The facility incorporates multi-layered redundancy across power, cooling, network and security systems. These include DG-backed power infrastructure, redundant UPS and battery systems, an advanced Building Management System (BMS), a dedicated Network Operations Centre (NOC) and a Security Operations Centre (SOC). Sustainability features include a 104 kW rooftop solar installation, energy-efficient cooling systems, water treatment infrastructure and green building practices aligned with national sustainability goals.

Commenting on the development, Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Director, Yotta Data Services, said, “Digital sovereignty is no longer optional - it is foundational to India’s economic, strategic, and technological future. The National Data Center for the North-East is not just a facility; it is a sovereign digital backbone that ensures government data, citizen services, and future AI workloads are hosted securely, reliably, and within India’s borders. At Yotta, we are proud to partner with the Government of India and NIC in building infrastructure that is resilient, future-ready, and truly made for India.”

Strengthening AI-ready infrastructure

With its scalable architecture and high-availability design, the new data centre is positioned to support advanced workloads, including AI-driven governance platforms and data-intensive analytics.

Yotta currently operates hyperscale and edge data centre campuses in key locations such as Navi Mumbai, Greater Noida and Gujarat, forming a nationwide digital infrastructure network aimed at supporting government and enterprise cloud and AI requirements while ensuring compliance and data localisation within India.