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Establishment of
Data Center

IT & ITeS
Government of Gujarat
IT & ITES GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT - ESTABLISHMENT OF - INDEXTB
Contents

   Project Concept                                 3
   Market Potential                                6
   Growth Drivers                                  9
   Electronics and IT SEZ in Gujarat               11
   Gujarat – Competitive Advantage                 12
   Project Information                             14
     - Location/ Size
     - Infrastructure Availability/ Connectivity
     - Raw Material/ Manpower
     - Key Players/ Machinery Suppliers
     - Potential Collaboration Opportunities
     - Key Considerations
   Project Financials                              19
   Approvals & Incentives                          20
   Key Department Contacts                         23

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IT & ITES GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT - ESTABLISHMENT OF - INDEXTB
Project Concept
Datacenter Overview

What is a Datacenter?
   The data center is the department in an enterprise that houses and maintains back-end
    information technology (IT) systems and data stores—its mainframes, servers and databases.
   For a small organization, the datacenter may represent a small closet that houses one or two
    servers
     .      and a network patch panel.
   For many larger organizations, the datacenter represents a major, centralized environment that
    houses the majority of IT systems to support enterprise-wide applications.
   There are four functional requirements of a datacenter which includes location (a place to locate
    computers, storage and networking devices), power (to maintain the devices), HVAC
    (temperature controlled environment within the parameters needed) and structured cabling
    (connectivity provided to other devices both inside and outside).

 Classification of datacenter

            Tier I                      Tier II                       Tier III                     Tier IV

       99.671% uptime             99.749% uptime              99.982% uptime                99.995% uptime
       28.8 hours                 22 hours downtime           1.6 hours downtime            2.4 minutes
        downtime per year           per year                     per year                       downtime per
       No redundancy (N)          Partial redundancy          N + 1 fault tolerant           year
       Must be shut down           in power and                72 hour power outage          2N + 1 fully
        completely to               cooling                      protection                     redundant
        perform preventive         Single path of power        Enables preventative          96 hour power
        maintenance                 and cooling                  maintenance without            outage protection
                                                                 disrupting computer
                                                                 hardware operation

Components of a datacenter
        It refers to the usable raised floor                            It refers to the additional space and
         environment which can be a few                                   equipment required to support
         hundred to a hundred thousand                                    datacenter operations which includes
         square feet.                                                     chillers, UPS, power transformers,
                                                White    Support
                                                                          generators, remote transmission
                                                space   infrastruct
                                                            ure           units, air distribution systems.

                                              IT
       It includes the racks, cabling,   equipment Operations
                                                                         It ensures that the systems (both IT
        servers, storage, management                                      and infrastructure) are properly
        systems and network gear required                                 operated, maintained, upgraded and
        to deliver computing services to the                              repaired when necessary.
        organization

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IT & ITES GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT - ESTABLISHMENT OF - INDEXTB
Project Concept

  Ongoing transition to a next generation data center
                                                            Next-generation data center
                                     Step3                  Workload assignment based on infrastructure
                                                            pattern analysis; dynamic optimisation with
                                                            cognitive learning; proactive approach to
                                                            threats and opportunities

                                                  Software-defined data center
                                                  Automatic workload assignment to best-fit
                          Step2                   resources; software-defined optimisation;
                                                  proactive approach to threats and
                                                  opportunities
                                                                 Traditional data center
                                  Step1                          Workloads assigned manually to
                                                                 server, storage and networking;
                                                                 manual IT optimisation; reactive
                                                                 approach to scenarios of threats and
                                                                 opportunities

  Key requirements for setting up the datacenter

                          Tax incentives

                                                                  Basis of customer’s
          Net generation of
                                                                  occupation
           electrical power

     Construction cost
                 index                                                      Design and delivery

              Climate                           Key
     (temperature and                      requirements                      Environment
      average rainfall)                    for setting up                    liability and
                                                 the                         taxes
                                             datacenter
           Population
  demographics (total
   population, median                                                     Clarity of
income, and education                                                     scope/service
               levels)                                                    levels
       Proximity to internet
                exchanges                                         Clarity of price

              Primary source of energy

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Project Concept

Data center architecture

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Market Potential

 Global Market Overview- Global data centers spending to reach US$175
 billion by 2016

    Global data center IT infrastructure                  Global data center spending (US$ billion)
     investments, including total spending
     on servers, storage, networking,
     security and virtualization, reached
     US$170 billion in 2015, growing at a                                         171            174
     CAGR of 9.3% from 2011 and is
     expected to reach US$174 billion by
     2016.
    The market is largely driven by                 120
     strong growth in the server markets in
     Greater China and Western Europe,
     and a strong refresh cycle in the
     North American enterprise network
     equipment market.
    Investments on large data centers are
     expected to increase on an average
     by 8% over 2016-2017, which will be
     largely driven by cloud computing and
     analytics.                                    2011                          2015          2016
                                                Source: Gartner

                                                                      Market share in spending
    In 2015, the Americas region dominated the                                (2015)
     global data center market with a share of 40%
     (US$68 billion) followed by Europe and Russia
     together at 32% or US$54 billion. The APAC                          32%
     market grew rapidly with a 25% market share at
     US$42 billion and lastly, the Middle East and
     Africa (MEA) region had a share of 3% with
     nearly US$6 billion in investments.
                                                                                                 25%
    APAC accounts for a quarter of the global                 3%
     investments on the data center and is expected
     to be the fastest growing region over the next five
     years. Within APAC, China and India will be the
     leaders in data center spending.
    On the other hand, in 2015, mature data center
     markets have slowed down and are expected to                         40%
     remain sluggish, North America (3.8%, a down
     from 2012 levels), Western Europe (3%, a point
     up from 2012).
                                                               America    MEA    EU+Russia     APAC
                                                           Source: Data center Dynamics Intelligence 2015

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Market Potential

 Indian Market Overview- Indian data centers market expected to reach
 US$2.29 billion by 2018
           India data center IT infrastructure growth by technology (US$ million)             2,228
                                                                                      1,929

                                                             892      944
          656     658
                                   382      426

          Servers                    Storage           Enterprise networking              Total
  Source: Gartner                           2014         2015

      The data centre IT infrastructure investments, including total spending on servers, storage,
       networking, security and virtualization reached US$2.2 billion in 2015 and is expected to
       reach $2.29 billion by the year 2018, primarily driven by cloud and mobility.
      Within the Indian data center IT infrastructure market, server growth reached US$658 million
       in 2015 a marginal increase over 2014 levels. Enterprise networking was the biggest segment
       with revenue reaching US$944 million at 5.5% growth rate over 2014 and storage reached
       US$426 million in 2015, a 10% growth over 2014.
     BFSI, social media, entertainment, e-commerce and telecom industry likely to drive the
      increased demand for outsourcing of data center requirements.
      High opportunity cost of reliable power supply as well as real estate is increasingly tipping the
       scale in favour of third party data centers.

     In 2015, India contributed 1.2% to the               India’s share in APAC region (2015)
      world data center IT infrastructure
      spending and 5.23% in the APAC
      region. Key drivers include explosion of
      data through smartphones, social
      networking sites, ecommerce
      companies and government initiated
      projects.

     According to the Gartner, India was the
      second largest market for data center                    5.2%
      infrastructure and second fastest              India size
      growing market in Asia Pacific region
      after China in 2015.

                                                      Source: Data center Dynamics Intelligence 2015

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Market Potential

Increasing government focus on data, data flows and data centers
   Focus on data and, consequently, dataflow is not just restricted to the private sector.
    Governments are increasingly reliant on IT-intensive services to improve their performance
    and organize the Government to Citizen (G2C) delivery platforms—including e-forms, public
    service grievance redressal.
   For instance, the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) had more than 31 mission mode
    projects in its initial years; the NeGP itself requires several data centers and needs yet more to
    support the various Business to Citizen (B2C) services.
   The Government has a vision of making all services accessible to common man to achieve the
    citizen centric service delivery goal with three core infrastructural NeGP pillars:
            State Wide Area Network (SWAN)
            State Data Centers (SDCs) and
            Common Service Centers (CSCs)
   Digital India – Default Cloud, Mobile First

 Existing and planned investments in the Indian data center market

         Company                                       Existing investment

 Microsoft                   Launched three data centers in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai in 2015

 IBM                         Launched cloud data center in Chennai in 2015

 CtrlS                      CtrlS has three data centers, one each in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi

         Company                                       Planned investment

                             Planning to set up a tier-||| data center worth INR350 crore in GIFT city,
 Infibeam
                             Gujarat

 Alibaba Group               Aiming to set up a local data centers in India

 Vodafone                    Planning to invest INR1,000 crores in setting up a data center in India

                             Invest INR2000 crores in setting up two centers, one each in Mumbai
 Netmagic Solutions
                            and Bangalore, by 2018
                             Planning to invest INR300 crores to set up a data center at
 Ricoh
                             Gandhinagar, Gujarat

 Cyfuture                    Planning to build new data center in Noida worth INR50 crores

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Growth Drivers

Major sectors driving the demand for data centers
                             Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
   Indian financial services sector which is projected to grow at CAGR 12-15% in next five years, is
1
    the predominant demand driver. It already has the highest penetration in the data centers market,
    and will be maintaining its leadership.
   Technology is playing an important role in new banking licences (payment banks and full-service
    commercial banks) as entrants seek to reduce costs through cloud-based services.

                                            Telecom
   Driven by increasing mobile penetration and usage, telecom service providers are augmenting
    network infrastructure to meet growing data demand and maintain quality of service.
   M-Governance – a government initiative about mobile-based public services involves state owned
    data centers for cloud-based offerings which is creating demand for the spending on the data
    centers.

                                    IT and IT-enabled services
   The demand in IT and IT-enabled services is creating the need for new data centers. Additionally,
    third-party data centers are also gaining attraction from the ITeS sector due to their low costs and
    efficiencies.
   Enterprises network solutions’ is the focus area. Airtel partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    to offer private network solutions which was recently launched in June 2016.
   IBM and Microsoft recently opened their data centers in India in 2015.

Anticipated demand from the Digital India scheme
                   Key features                                           Key projects
     Rural broadband connectivity of 100 Mbps           JAM (Jan Dhan Yojna + Aadhaar + Mobile)
      through common service centers at capex
                                                                            Aadhaar
      of US$5 billion by December 2016.
     Virtual network operators for urban                  World’s largest unique ID project – so far
      broadband.                                            generated 903 million IDs
     Mobile services to 55,669 unpenetrated               Outlay of US$2.13 billion for 2009-17
      villages and upgradation of 150,000 post
      offices which will further create demand for              Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna
      data centers.                                        World’s largest financial inclusion project.
     Electronic delivery of public services (e-           Universal access to financial services
      governance), electronic databases and                210 million accounts till February, 2016
      workflow automation in government
      department.                                                           Mobile
     Digital locker – a sharable private space on         Mobile Number Portability focuses on
      public cloud system to safely store e-                establishing the Trinity of JAM to transfer
      documents and certificates.                           benefits in a leak age-poof, targeted and
                                                            cashless mode through the Governments
                                                            Direct Benefit Model.

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Growth Drivers

                                                    According to Gartner, Indian public cloud
                     Public cloud services          services spending is expected to grow at a
                    spending (US$ million)          CAGR of 29.5% from US$968 million in
 Growing                                            2015 to US$3,528 million in 2020.
 adoption of                        3,528           Adoption of cloud and new data-
 public cloud            968                         distribution models has led to boom in
 services                                            data center industry.
                        2015         2019

                                                    Indian  internet of things (IoT) market is
                                                     expected to rise to US$15 billion by 2020
                                                     from US$6 billion in 2016, growing at a
                    Internet of things market        CAGR of 21.8% over 2016-20.
                          (US$ billion)             The rise of the IoT will in turn lead to an
  Growth in the
                                                     increase in the demand for data center
  internet of                          15
                                                     services.
  things (IoT)             6
                                                    According to IDC, data center capacity
                         2016         2020           utilized by IoT workloads is expected to
                                                     increase nearly 750% between 2014 and
                                                     2019.

                                                    Big   data and business analytics revenues
                     Big data and business           are expected to rise to US$4 billion in the
                  analytics market (US$ billion)     next three years from the present of US$2
  Growing big                                        billion in 2016, growing at a CAGR of
  data and                                           25.9% over the period 2016-2019, driven
  business                             4             primarily by IT and software sector.
                          2                         Consequently this will create large demand
  analytics
                                                     for storage space.
                         2016         2019

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Gujarat - Competitive
Advantage
Market opportunity
    The size of IT industry in Gujarat was estimated at around US$880 million in FY15.
    The state has formulated the IT Policy (2016-2021) to attract investments:
             To generate US$15 billion from IT sector in Gujarat
             To increase the current investment in IT/ITeS sector by ten times
             To increase IT exports from the state up to US$2 billion
             To promote and develop employment opportunities in the IT and ITeS and provide direct
              employment to 1 million people

                                Gujarat IT export revenues (US$ million)

                                                                                      190
                                                       170
                        160

                        FY10                           FY13                           FY14

Current market and infrastructure
    More than 1,500 electronics and IT-ITeS companies are registered in Gujarat, of which more
     than 400 are members of the Gujarat Electronics & Software Industries Association (GESIA).
    Ready infrastructure is available at various locations in Gujarat such as Garima Park -
     Gandhinagar, GNFC Infotower, Astron IT Tech Park –Ahmedabad, Creative Infocity at
     Gandhinagar and L&T Technology Park in Vadodara.
    The stretch between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar is being developed as a knowledge corridor.
     Land has been allotted and several IT parks and centres of excellence are taking shape here.
             India’s only global Financial and IT hub, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT
              City) is under construction.
    Nine major Special Economic Zones planned specifically for IT/ITeS are coming up in Gujarat.
             One IT/ITeS SEZ has been approved in Valsad (Mexus Corporation Pvt Ltd).
             Four SEZs are notified and functional in Gandhinagar (Aqualine Properties Private
              Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd), Vadodara (Larsen & Toubro Ltd) and
              Ahmedabad (Ganesh Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd).

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Gujarat - Competitive
Advantage
           Ease of doing business
            Gujarat ranked first in ease of doing business as per DIPP report 2015.

            Only state which comply 100% with the environmental procedures.

            Gujarat ranked No. 1 in terms of setting up a business, allotment of land and
             obtaining a construction permit.
            Gujarat ranked No.1 in e-transactions for government services.

           Flourishing economy
            Gujarat contributes 7.2% of the Nation GDP and shows leadership in many areas of
             manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Gujarat’s GSDP (Gross State Domestic
             Product) at current prices registered a growth of 11% during the year 2014-15.

              Gujarat has attracted cumulative FDI worth US$12 billion from April 2000 to March
               2015.

              Gujarat contributes around 19.1% to India’s total exports of goods in 2014-15.

           Strategic location and better infrastructure
            Located on the west coast of India, Gujarat is well connected to the major cities of
             the India and to the rest of the world by air and sea routes.

              The state has 40 ports, 13 domestic airports and 1 international airport in addition to
               an extensive rail and road network.

              Gujarat is the one of the power surplus states in the country. This helps it in
               attracting huge amount of investment from the industries and tagged as preferred
               investment destination in the country.

           Favourable labour policy
            The Gujarat government has recently passed the Labour Laws Bill (December 2015),
             to give an impetus to industrialization. The key reform includes a provision for out-of-
             court settlement to speed up the process labour related dispute resolutions.
            The state prides itself in quality work force and peaceful work force accounting for
             only 0.5% of man days lost while having contributed 16% of India’s industrial
             production.

           Better social infrastructure
            Gujarat has one of the lowest cost of living amongst the Indian states and is
             relatively less congested and less polluted, offering better standards of living to the
             inhabitants and providing a better environment to work.

    Gujarat is front runner in providing electronic services to the citizens, hence thrust is more in
              setting up right, scalable and sustainable ICT infrastructure across the state.

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Electronics and IT SEZ
in Gujarat
 IT/ITeS and electronics regions
    Gujarat Government enacted the Special investment regions (SIR) act in 2009 with the objective
     of creating large size investment regions in the state and develop them as global hubs of
     economic activity supported by world class infrastructure.
      The state has three SIRs for electronics manufacturing.

    SEZ are special duty free enclaves for the purpose of trade. These zones are self-contained and
     integrated, having their own infrastructure and support services. Apart from state-of-the-art
     infrastructure and access to a large skilled work force, the SEZ also provides enterprises with
     attractive incentives.
      The state has one electronics SEZ at Gandhinagar and 14 IT/ITeS SEZs - six at Ahmedabad,
         four at Gandhinagar, three at Vadodara and one at Valsad.

                                                                             Ahmedabad

                                                                             Gandhinagar

                                                                             Viramgam
                                                                             Halol-Savli
                                                                             Vadodara
                                                  Tourist                    Navlakhi
                   Electronics SIR                 flow*
                   IT/ITeS SEZ
                   Electronics and IT/ITeS SEZ                               Valsad

 Promotion of IT/ITeS and electronics industries
    Gujarat Government introduced a new IT policy to provide a proactive and industry-friendly
     climate for the IT industry. Incentives and assistance would be provided in allotment of land,
     development of IT/ITeS parks, stamp duty concession, electricity duty exemption and capital
     assistance on lease rentals.
      The policy also intends to establish the state as a preferred IT destination for micro, small and
        medium enterprises (MSMEs) by providing assistance on quality certification, technology
        acquisition fund, skill enhancement, patent assistance, simplification of labour laws, subsidy
        on bandwidth for connectivity and exemption from zoning regulations.
    Gujarat Government introduced new Electronics policy with the aim of establishing a self-reliant
     ESDM industry that caters to needs of domestic and international market. The policy includes
     development of human resources, creation of local demand for electronics products, creation of
     eco-system for innovation and R&D, and incentives such as VAT/CST subsidy, single window
     clearance, uninterrupted power supply, registration and stamp duty concession and interest
     subsidy.
    Gujarat Government, recognising the need for additional support for Electronics & IT/ITeS start-
     ups and keeping this at the centre of its strategy as recognized by the Government of India,
     through ‘Start-up India initiatives and to supplement efforts in that direction has decided to come
     up with a focused policy for Start-ups in Electronics & IT/ITeS sector.
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Project Information

Location suggested: Gujarat International Finance Tech – City
(GIFT), Gandhinagar

 Why GIFT city?
       Globally benchmarked           First of its kind development in         Central business hub
    international financial center        scale, scope and quality        0.5 million jobs directly and 0.5
                                                                               million jobs indirectly

    Targeting financial services       Centrally located in the state
        and IT/ITeS sectors             of Gujarat in Gandhinagar           State-of-the-art infrastructure

                                          Key highlights
     GIFT has a total land area of 886 acres, of which 67% is for commercial use.
     Tata Communications already has a data center in GIFT city and Infibeam has proposed to
      develop one by the end of 2016.
     GIFT has power distribution license for GIFT area and planned to implement a multi-level parking
      (MLP) at an estimated cost of INR350 crore.
     Companies will save 24% on building management system, 4.5% on total building cost and 36%
      saving on operational expenditures.
     It has a next generation water and waste management, district cooling system. These cooling
      systems are introduced for the first time in India for any commercial use. It helps in reducing
      energy and maintenance cost, reduce noise and vibration and improves air quality.
                         Infrastructure                   Platforms                       Services

                      High speed fibre              Financial extranets            Data
 GIFT                  network                                                       Wi-Fi
                                                     CUG to exchanges
 occupants            Diverse local and
 would                                               Voice                          Data centers
                       international
 have                  connectivity                  Industry specific              Business continuity
 access to                                            platforms
 following            Pervasive wireless                                            Security
 ICT                   and mobile network            City e-portal                  High speed internet
 services             Data centers                  Sensor networks                 access
                                                     IPTV internet                  Monitoring
                                                      gateway

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Project Information

GIFT is the only approved IFSC in India
                 Manhattan
                                   London
                                            Paris                                         Tokyo
                                                                           Shanghai
                                                    Dubai
                                                                             Hong Kong
                                                            GIFT city      Singapore

Global benchmarking
                                            Paris       Tokyo           London       Pudong          GIFT
 Land area (sq km)                          1.60            1.60         1.05          1.70          3.58
 Construction scale (in mn sq m)            2.50            1.60         1.10          4.50          8.50
 Greenbelt (in thousand sq m)                40             120           50           363           1183
 Height (m)                                 200             250          250           490           410

Some prominent office buildings in GIFT

                                       Bombay Stock Exchange
          State Bank of India

 Life Insurance Corporation of
 India                             Tata Communications Data Center              World Trade Center

 Awards and recognition
   GIFT city has been awarded for “Best Implementation of ICT in urban development” by Indian
    Express Group in 2015.
   GIFT city has been awarded with I.C.O.N.I.C IDC insights awarded 2014 for excellence in
    innovation in government vertical by International Data Center (IDC).
   It is the recipient of “Innovative Solution for Smart Cities,” an accolade that recognizes stand-out
    organizational contributions in driving change through technology.
   It has been conferred as “Smart City of Future” by Cisco Technology award 2014.

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Project Information

 Infrastructure availability

 Logistics & Connectivity
                 Rail                                                    Road

                                                            The GIFT project envisages a modal split of
         Access to metro rail transport system.             10:90 between private and public transport.
         GIFT is 8 Km from Gandhinagar which is            The GIFT area will be accessible from NH-8
          well connected to the metropolitan cities of       (Delhi to Mumbai).
          Western India. Many trains with Mumbai as
                                                            Access to six arterial roads (connecting to
          their destination pass through
                                                             various areas of Ahmedabad and
          Gandhinagar, which facilitates an easy flow
                                                             Gandhinagar)
          of tourists from all over the western India.

                 Air                                                     Port
       Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International
                                                            Gandhinagar is connected to the
        Airport located in Ahmedabad is 12 km
                                                             following ports:
        away from GIFT city and provides
        connectivity with domestic flights to the                  Dahej – 262 Km
        metropolitan cities and other major cities                 Kandla – 306 Km
        of India. It also offers international flight              Mundra – 367 Km
        connectivity to major countries across
        the world.

 Utilities

                 Water                                                  Power

      Water resources:                                     GIFT project ensures 99.999% power
          Narmada main canal                                reliability, which means outage of 5.3
          Recycling and reuse of waste water                minutes per annum.
          Rainwater harvesting                             Total estimated demand for power is
      It boost a 24*7 water supply                          ~740 MW
      It has a concept of zero discharge city              It has underground cabling for power
                                                             distribution within GIFT
      It has access to perennial water front
       through construction of three barrages               It has a dedicated green service corridor
       on river Sabarmati                                    which is easy in maintenance and safe
                                                             in operations
      Proposed landscape promenade at the
       river bank along GIFT.

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Project Information

Leading players in India

                               Third                          Disaster               Managed
    Company        Captive              Storage     Server                Security
                               Party                          recovery               services
 Netmagic
                                 9         9          9          9              9       9
 Solutions
 Sify
                                 9         9                     9                      9
 Technologies
 CtrlS
                                9          9          9          9                     9
 Datacenters
 Trimax                          9         9                     9

 Net4 India                      9         9          9

 ESDS Software
                                 9         9          9          9                      9
 Solutions
 Reliance             9          9         9          9          9              9       9
 Tata
 Communicatio         9          9         9          9          9              9       9
 ns
 BSNL                 9          9         9          9                                 9

 Bharti Airtel        9          9         9          9                         9       9
 Spectra
                                 9                    9
 Solutions
 Cyfuture                        9         9          9          9

 Data Galaxy                     9         9          9          9

 Aride Ocean                     9         9          9

Potential collaboration opportunities

   Various government and private telecom operators
   Various government and private banking, financial services and insurance
   Many upcoming and expanding IT&ITeS enabled services
   Central government projects like Adhar and Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna`

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Project Financials

 Project cost
    The total project cost of establishing a data center at GIFT city, Gandhinagar, will be ~INR190
                                    crores for 1080 number of racks.

                   Project specifications                               INR crore         % of overall cost
 Land (5,000 sq mt @ INR4,480 per sq mt1)                                  2.2                  1%
 Building cost (@1000 per sq ft)                                           5.4                  3%
 Construction cost (including engineering, power                         140.7                  74%
 construction, HVAC assets, building access system
 and other cost)
 IT equipment                                                             12.5                  7%
 Telecom charges (including internet, fibre and loop                       5.0                  3%
 charges)
 Contingencies (transport, insurance, repair and                          22.8                  12%
 maintenance)
 Preliminary and preoperative costs                                        1.1                  1%
 (company formation, interest during construction)
 Total cost                                                              189.7                 100%

 The estimated project cost has been calculated based on the capital requirement/investment of a
 Tata communications data center (based in GIFT city) and a typical data center unit. However, it
 may vary by individual project.

 Manpower requirement

                     Designations Particulars                                    Number
                       Data Centre Manager (Project Manager)                        1
                       Database Administrator                                       1
                       System Administrator                                         1
                       Network Support Staff                                        2
                       Technical Support Services                                   4
                       Help Desk Services                                           2
                       Administration/HR                                            1
                                             Total                                 12

Note: 1) Land rate based on Gandhinagar IT SEZ (nearby to GIFT city).

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Approvals & Incentives

Approvals
     For project approvals, the project report should be submitted to respective District Industries
     Centres (DICs). DIC will forward the proposal to Industries Commissioner who will submit the
                  report to State Level Approver Committee (SLAC) for final approval.

License requirements

    Data centers currently need an ‘Other Service Provider’ (OSP) license from the government.
    OSPs need to mandatorily register for every data center at every location, even if the data
     center is a part of the same single network or offering.
    OSPs are required to provide the call data records of all the specified calls handled by the
     system at specified periodicity, as and when required by the security agencies.
    The term ‘security agencies’ has not been defined, leaving it open to interpretation, which is an
     impediment for a data center operator.
    “DOT and the local term cell granting the registration, reserve the right to modify at any time the
     terms and conditions of the registration, if, in its opinion, it is necessary or expedient to do so in
     public interest or in the interest of the security of the State or for the proper conduct of the
     telegraphs.
    Data centers also need access to broadband through ISPs in order to link-up data centers inter-
     se or to the outside world. Currently, there appears to be a lack of clarity on data centers being
     able to receive broadband connectivity without an ISP license or some other telecom license
     apart from the OSP registration.

Incentives from Government of Gujarat
 Government of Gujarat introduced IT/ ITES Policy for Gujrat State (2016-21) in order to establish
 Gujarat as a preferred destination for Global Knowledge Workforce and IT/ITES Industry with a
 turnover of US$15 billion by 2021 to create employment opportunities for 1 million people by 2021.
 In addition to the assistance available under any of the schemes of the Government of India,
 eligible IT/ITES units will be entitled to the following assistance from Government of Gujarat:

Incentives to the IT/ITeS Park

 Capital assistance
                                                         Admissible                      Maximum limit
             Eligible area
                                                         assistance                       (INR million)
 Horizontal IT/ITeS Parks                     25% of fixed capital investment in                250
                                                buildings and infrastructure
 Vertical IT/ITeS Parks                       INR 300 / sq. feet for built-up area              250
 Stamp duty and registration fee reimbursement
 • Developers of IT/ITeS Park will be entitled to 100% reimbursement of the stamp duty as well as
   registration fee paid by them to the Government of Gujarat, towards lease/sale/transfer of land
   for the IT/ITeS Park.

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Approvals & Incentives

Incentives to the IT/ITeS Units
 Capital subsidy
 Eligible IT/ITeS units will be entitled to capital subsidy @ 25% of capital expenditure for one time
 purchase of computers, networking and related hardware, subject to a ceiling of INR10 million.

 Lease rental subsidy for five years to the eligible IT/ITeS units
 Scale                                            Admissible subsidy               Maximum limit
 Up to 20 employees                                  INR 8 / sq. feet
                                                                                Lease rental subsidy
 Above 20 but less than 100 employees                INR 5 / sq. feet          shall not be more than
                                                                               the actual lease rental
 Above 100 employees                                 INR 3 / sq. feet

 Interest subsidy for a maximum period of five years to the eligible IT/ITeS units
                                           Admissible                     Maximum limit per annum
          Borrowings
                                        subsidy per annum                      (INR million)
 Up to INR100 million                             7%                                   10
 Above INR100 million but        INR10 million + 2% of borrowings in                   50
 up to INR10 billion                 excess of INR100 million
 Above INR10 billion             INR50 million + 1% of borrowings in                   100
                                      excess of INR10 billion
 Power tariff subsidy to IT/ITeS Parks
 • Power tariff subsidy will be given at INR1 per unit in the billed amount for a period of five years
   as promotional incentive on reimbursement basis. The subsidy will be applicable only when
   electricity will be purchased from the state electricity / power distribution licensee.
 • IT/ITeS Park will be given 100% reimbursement for electricity duty paid for a period of 5 years
   from the date of approval of IT/ITeS Park.
 Reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fee
 • Eligible IT/ITeS units will be entitled for reimbursement of 100% of stamp duty and registration
   fee paid to the Government of Gujarat for lease/sale/transfer of land for the first transaction.
 VAT/CST incentives: (subject to change after the introduction of GST)
 • The eligible IT/ITeS units will be provided reimbursement of net tax paid under Section-13 of
   Gujarat Value Added Tax Act and 100% of Central Sales Tax (CST) for domestic sales outside
   Gujarat, limited to a ceiling of 90% of the GFCI made by the unit, for a period of 10 years.
 Other exemptions
 • Eligible IT/ITeS units will be given power tariff subsidy at the rate of INR1 per unit in the billed
   amount and 100% reimbursement for electricity duty, for a period of five years.
 • Eligible units will be given the benefit of reimbursement of the EPF contribution made for their
   employees for a period of five years subject to overall ceiling of INR10 million per annum.
 • Patent Assistance at the rate of 50%, subject to a ceiling of INR0.2 million per patent for
   domestic patents and INR0.5 million per patent for international patents, for meeting the
   expenditure for obtaining patents.

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Approvals & Incentives

Gujarat Industrial Policy 2015
Government of Gujarat has announced an ambitious Industrial Policy, in January 2015, with the
objective of creating a healthy and conducive climate for conducting business and augmenting the
industrial development of the state.
 Approvals
 •   Registration of the industrial undertaking
 •   Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum or Udyog Aadhar
 •   Non-agriculture land permission and purchase deed registration
 •   Consent to Establish from Gujarat Pollution Control Board
Quantum of incentives
                  % of eligible fixed
   Category of                           % of Net VAT % of Net VAT to be
                  capital investment                                     Incentive period
 Project Location                     reimbursement to      paid to
                     entitled for                                          (no. of years)
     (Taluka)                              the unit     Government
                       Incentive
         1                100                 90              10                 10
         2                 80                 80              20                 10
         3                 70                 70              30                 10
 Net VAT incentives
 Net VAT incentive will be reimbursed to the industrial undertaking in one financial year will not
 exceed one-tenth of the total amount of eligible incentive.
          Classification of the Project                          Amount (in INR crore)
            Ultra Mega Industrial Unit                                      500
               Mega lndustrial Unit                                         400
               Large Industrial Unit                                        150
      Micro, Small or Medium Industrial Unit                                 50

 Electronics & IT/ITeS Start-up Policy 2016-21, GoG: Incentives
            Particulars                                            Details
 Stamp Duty & Registration Fee
                                      100%
 Reimbursement
 Lease Rental Subsidy                 50 sqft per employee at the rate of INR15 per sqft per month
 Interest Subsidy                     9% per annum (ceiling of INR 2 lakhs per year)
                                      75% of cost of obtaining patent (ceiling of INR 2 lakhs
 Patent Assistance
                                      Domestic Patent and INR 5 lakhs international patent)
 Bandwidth Subsidy                    70% of annual charges (ceiling of INR 20000 for 2 years)
                                      INR5000 per skill certification per person (INR 1 lakhper
 Skill Certification Grant
                                      annum)
 Marketing & Product
                                      Onetime assistance of INR 1 lakh and INR 1 lakh for marketing
 Development Assistance
                                      25% of raised equity capital from Gujarat Venture Finance
 Matching Equity Support
                                      Limited (GVFL) (ceiling of INR 5 crores)
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Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat
                                           http://www.dst.gujarat.gov.in

                                            Gujarat Informatics Ltd.
                                      http://www.gujaratinformatics.com
                      Gujarat Electronics and Software Industries Association

                                               http://www.gesia.org/
                              Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation
                                                 www.gidc.gov.in

                                    Office of Industries Commissioner
                                              www.ic.gujarat.gov.in

                                         Industrial Extension Bureau
                                                www.indextb.com

This project profile is based on preliminary study to facilitate prospective entrepreneurs to assess a prima facie scope.
     It is, however, advisable to get a detailed feasibility study prepared before taking a final investment decision.

                                                                Department of Science and Technology
                                                                Block No.7, 5th Floor,
                                                                New Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar
                                                                Phone / Fax : 079-23259999
                                                                Email: secdst@gujarat.gov.in
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