New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- New Delhi: The Centre is drawing up a roadmap to position India as a host for foreign governments' data embassies, enhance international submarine cable connectivity and develop sovereign cloud infrastructure, showed an inter-ministerial presentation seen by Mint and people close to the discussions.

A data embassy is a secure data centre located in another country but legally protected under the laws of the home country through a bilateral agreement.

To achieve these goals, the government seeks to promote indigenous IT hardware manufacturing, expand edge data centres in tier-II and tier-III cities, streamline regulatory clearances, build a skilled workforce, and encourage the use of renewable energy and advanced coo...