New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Uttar Pradesh is planning a dedicated 1,000-acre data centre and information technology hub in Bundelkhand, near Jhansi, as part of a much larger industrial city being developed across 33 villages. The proposed technology cluster is intended to attract data centre operators and IT businesses to a region that the state wants to develop as a new industrial destination.

The project is still in the land assembly and planning stage. Of the 1,000 acres targeted for the hub, 810 acres had been assembled as of 16 October, according to officials cited by Business Standard.

Here is what is known about the proposed project, its location and the infrastructure planned around it.

The hub is proposed within the Bundelkhand Indu...