The state data center of West Bengal, India will be upgraded and modernized. The site has been running since 2009-2010 when it was set up to handle 37 departmental applications as part of the national e-governance plan.

The Rs 56.64 crore ($8.27m) upgrade to the Tier II facility is expected to be completed by May 2017, with applications migrated by December 2017.

Infrastructure upgrade

Durga Puja, an annual festival at West Bengal
Durga Puja, an annual festival at West Bengal – Thinkstock/mrinalnag

“The current infrastructure in the State Data Center needs to be upgraded and augmented in view of the growing needs of the State Government Departments,” the state said in a project brief.

“In order to mitigate various risks and to ensure a highly reliable infrastructure, the Department of Information Technology & Electronics, Government of West Bengal has initiated the process of expanding and upgrading the West Bengal State Data Center with the latest and best in class technologies.”

The data center is located at Moni Bhandar, Webel Bhavan, Kolkata, and came out of a national e-governance plan that has being trying to modernize and upgrade the Indian government’s digital infrastructure for the last decade.