Key facts
- Maharashtra has expanded its green data centre policy statewide, increasing eligible projects from three to 20.
- The policy now allows projects across all regions of Maharashtra, not just the Mumbai metropolitan area.
- Mandatory green energy use for core data centre activities has been reduced to 51% from 100%.
- Incentives include power tariff concessions, electricity subsidies, industrial incentive subsidies, and interest subsidies for qualifying investments.
- Investment eligibility criteria have been broadened to include combined investments from landowners, developers, and operating units.
Maharashtra has significantly expanded its policy for Integrated Green Data Centre Parks, increasing the number of eligible projects from three to 20 and extending the policy beyond the Mumbai metropolitan region to the entire state. This aims to accelerate investments in digital infrastructure and achieve long-term capacity targets.
The state government amended its October 2024 policy, which had restricted such parks to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The revised policy allows parks to be set up across Maharashtra.
The changes are part of a broader programme to develop 30-40 gigawatts (GW) of green energy-powered data centre capacity by 2047. The government determined that limiting the policy to three projects in the Mumbai region would not suffice to meet this objective.
Several operating conditions for developers have been eased. The mandatory use of green energy for core data centre activities has been reduced to 51% from 100%, a move expected to improve project viability and ease implementation challenges.
Under the revised framework, integrated green data centre parks with investments of Rs 30,000 crore will be eligible for a power tariff concession of Rs 1 per unit for 10 years. Projects involving investments of Rs 60,000 crore or more will qualify for a Rs 1 per unit electricity subsidy for 20 years.
The government has also approved an industrial incentive subsidy equivalent to 75% of eligible fixed capital investment for integrated green data centre parks attracting investments of Rs 60,000 crore or above. Developers of such parks will be eligible for an interest subsidy of 4% on term loans for 10 years, subject to an annual cap of Rs 25 crore.
Key changes also include the removal of the earlier requirement to reserve 2% of land for incubation centres. Furthermore, investment eligibility criteria have been broadened to consider the combined investment made by the landowner, developer, and units operating within the park, instead of just the developer's investment.
These relaxations and incentives will apply to both future projects and eligible integrated green data centre parks that have already received approval under the earlier policy.