Several Indian states have notified dedicated data centre policies offering capital subsidies, power and land concessions, and stamp duty exemptions to attract private investment in data centres, as India's data centre capacity has grown rapidly amid rising data localisation requirements and demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
State policies + Dedicated state data centre policies in India State Policy Notified Key incentives Telangana Telangana Data Centres Policy 2016 25% subsidy on lease rentals for 3 years; R&D and patent-filing cost reimbursement; power at cost of generation Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Data Centre Policy 2021 26 November 2021 100% subsidy on electricity tax for 5 years; up to 100% stamp duty exemption; land cost subsidy in category C regions West Bengal West Bengal Data Centre Policy 2021 6 September 2021 100% exemption on stamp duty and registration fees; 5-year electricity duty waiver; valid 5 years Odisha Odisha Data Centre Policy 2022 2022 Single-window clearance; 15% reimbursement (up to Rs 25 lakh) on solar power plant costs Karnataka Karnataka Data Centre Policy 2022–2027 18 April 2022 Capital subsidy up to outside Bengaluru; 10% land subsidy up to ; 100% stamp duty exemption on up to 10 acres Haryana Haryana State Data Centre Policy 2022 27 June 2022 100% electricity duty exemption for 20 years; SGST and stamp duty reimbursement; valid 7 years Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Data Centre Policy (2021, replaced 2026) January 2021; revised 6 July 2026 2026 revision targets over 2 GW of additional capacity and investment; capital and interest subsidies, AI Compute Booster incentive Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Data Center Policy 4.0 (2024–29) 14 November 2024 100% net SGST reimbursement on capital goods or 10% capital subsidy on plant and machinery; 100% stamp duty exemption on first sale; tailor-made incentives for projects above 50 MW and fixed capital investment Rajasthan Rajasthan Data Centre Policy 2025 25 August 2025 Annual asset-creation incentive of – for 10 years; 5% interest subsidy for 5 years; 100% waiver on banking, transmission and wheeling charges Gujarat Gujarat Data Centre Policy 2026–2029 9 July 2026 (notified 7 August 2026) Targets investment and 7.5 GW capacity; described by the state as India's first dedicated hyperscale data centre policy
Embedded within broader IT policies Some states have not issued a standalone data centre policy, instead folding data-centre-specific incentives into a broader information-technology or industrial policy. + Data centre incentives embedded in other state policies State Parent policy Notified Key incentives Gujarat Gujarat IT/ITeS policy 2022–2027 8 February 2022 Predecessor framework; data centres were covered as one category before Gujarat's dedicated 2026–29 policy separated them out Maharashtra Information Technology and Information Technology Support Services Policy 2023 (amended) October 2024 "Green Integrated Data Centre Parks" incentive added by cabinet decision; targets investment across parks of at least 500 MW each, using 100% green energy
See also Data centre industry in India State data centre List of special economic zones in India
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