Airtel to set up eastern zone’s first data centre in Tripura: CM Manik Saha

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said telecom major Airtel will set up a data centre in the state to boost the IT sector.

Speaking at Engineers’ Day, the CM said land has already been allotted for the project and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the state government and the company.

“This will be the first data centre in the eastern zone by Airtel,” Saha said, adding that Tripura is the only state in the country where e-office has been implemented from the Civil Secretariat to the three-tier panchayat level.