Amaravati, February 25 The Andhra Pradesh government has approved the establishment of a Disaster Recovery Centre in Tirupati to support the Andhra Pradesh State Data Centre, which serves as the core IT infrastructure for hosting e-governance initiatives and services provided by state government departments, societies, and organizations.
The Disaster Recovery (DR) Centre will be established under the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model, with capital expenditure (CAPEX) funding from the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI).
"After careful examination of the proposal, the government hereby approves the establishment of a Disaster Recovery (DR) Centre for the Andhra Pradesh State Data Centre at the IIDT Campus, Tirupati," said N Yuvaraj, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C), in a government order on Tuesday.
The Andhra Pradesh State Data Centre (APSDC) serves as the centralized repository for state-level data and hosts a multitude of applications, including web portals, citizen service delivery platforms, and the internal government system.
The primary operational site of the APSDC is in the greenfield capital city of Amaravati, operating as data center rack space on a lease basis at Pi Data Centers (PIDC) in Mangalagiri, according to the government order.
Given the lack of a geographically distant (far-site) DR facility, several departments have requested DR support for their applications hosted in the APSDC, especially following the ITE&C Department's directive mandating the migration of applications from private hosting environments to APSDC as part of the State Data Lake initiative.
During a review meeting held by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu with ITE&C and other departments, it was directed to establish the DR site in Tirupati for the APSDC (Amaravati).
Consequently, the government prepared a plan of Rs 195 crore to set up the DR Centre, encompassing the construction of the civil structure, establishment of non-IT and IT infrastructure, maintenance for five years under the BOOT model, and other requirements.