Government Datasets To Be Shifted To Indigenous Cloud Infra Ahead Of Data Protection Act Rollout

The Centre plans to shift lakhs of government datasets, including around 4.8 lakh open datasets, to indigenous cloud infrastructure such as Shakti DB as it seeks to reduce dependence on foreign cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google for hosting critical government information, including sensitive and personal data, sources have said.The exercise is likely to take place ahead of the implementation of key provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. The focus is on strengthening domestic control over the storage and processing of government information, with particular emphasis on data security, access controls and governance.A meeting held on October 7 discussed Shakti DB's capabilities as an alternative to existing cloud services for government workloads, an official familiar with the discussions said.