The Reserve Bank of India’s Rs 170-crore data centre and Enterprise Computing & Cybersecurity Training Institute near Jatni is set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, placing Odisha’s digital infrastructure and financial data security at the centre of a high-profile state visit.
Named Chaitanya, the facility is located at Info Valley-II and has been developed across 18.55 acres. It is intended to serve as a critical backup to the RBI’s main data centre in Navi Mumbai, giving the central bank an additional site for maintaining operational resilience and protecting financial systems.
The inauguration has also prompted extensive security and traffic preparations across Bhubaneswar and Khurda. Police have issued a traffic advisory regulating vehicle movement along the prime minister’s route from Biju Patnaik International Airport to the RBI facility.
According to the tentative itinerary shared by the chief secretary’s office, Modi is expected to arrive at the airport at around 4.30 pm aboard a special Indian Air Force aircraft. He is scheduled to travel by helicopter from the airport to Khurda and then proceed by road to the data centre. After the inauguration, he is expected to spend about an hour at the campus before returning to the airport by road and departing from Odisha around 6.30 pm.
The project brings together two functions that are increasingly important to the functioning of India’s financial system: large-scale enterprise computing and specialist cybersecurity training. The RBI has described the facility as part of efforts to strengthen digital infrastructure and improve cybersecurity preparedness for a secure, resilient and future-ready financial ecosystem.
The data centre’s role as a backup to the Navi Mumbai facility is significant because financial institutions depend on uninterrupted access to highly sensitive systems and information. The supplied report does not specify the facility’s operational capacity, the systems that will be hosted there or the precise date on which it will become fully operational. Those details are expected to determine the centre’s eventual significance beyond the inauguration ceremony.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the project’s success would be measured not only by its inauguration but also by its long-term impact on digital infrastructure, financial data security and public welfare. He described the facility as a milestone that would support banking research and strengthen the state’s digital infrastructure.
The project is also being positioned by state leaders as part of Odisha’s effort to attract technology-driven investment. State BJP president and Rajya Sabha member Manmohan Samal called the centre a transformative initiative and said it would support Odisha’s emergence as a destination for digital and technology-linked investments. He linked the project to wider investment efforts covering semiconductors, data centres, information technology, mineral-based industries, petrochemicals, energy, agriculture and tourism.
For Bhubaneswar and the surrounding region, the immediate impact will include route restrictions and heightened security during the prime minister’s movement. The longer-term urban and economic impact will depend on how the RBI facility operates, the skilled workforce it supports and whether its presence helps attract related digital infrastructure and cybersecurity activity to the Info Valley-II area.
The inauguration is scheduled for Sunday, with the state administration continuing preparations for the visit and the RBI facility’s formal commissioning.
