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In the far reaches of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, an electricity substation – spread over 10,000 square metres and fenced off from wanderers – hums on. Its purpose: to provide a dedicated and unbroken stream of electricity to a 60-metre-high building. This is ND1, Yotta Infrastructure’s data centre in the National Capital Region, one of many complexes to come up around cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chen-nai, Hyderabad and, most recently, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

The MP Tech Growth Conclave 2.0, held in the city at Brilliant Convention Centre on Thursday, became a significant event wherein 7 important MoUs were signed to promote investment and employment generation in the field of science & technology in the State.

With the ambition to further elevate the state’s leadership in the Information Technology (IT) sector, the 2025–2030 IT Policy has been approved by the State Cabinet. The policy aims to increase the state’s software export value from the current ₹4.09 lakh crore to ₹11.50 lakh crore over the next five years.

Suvendu, a technical director at an American semiconductor company. drives his car to work from his home in an eastern suburb of Bengaluru.

“I stay in Varthur where the fre-quency of buses is quite poor. Moreover, if I have to take a bus from my home to my office on Outer Ring Road, I will have to change twice. Also, most of the buses which ply on this route are non-AC, and they get extremely crowded during office hours,” says the senior executive.