Northeast region offers USD 100 billion data centre opportunity: MoS Telecom

The Northeast region offers an opportunity to harbour USD 100 billion data centre opportunity due to its cool climate and potential for renewable energy solutions, minister of state for telecom Pemmasani Chandra Shekhar said on Friday. While speaking at Rising North East Investors Summit 2025, the minister said that under the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there have been investments of Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the last 10 years in digital and physical infrastructure in the region, especially more than Rs 50,000 crore has gone into the rural broadband project Bharatnet.