Iran’s attacks on AWS data centres in the UAE and Bahrain have established how critical they are for economies worldwide. Consequently, Indian companies operating data centres are more likely to import equipment from the US than develop domestic capacity. It is also unclear whether specified data centres must comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA). Section 17 would exempt a foreigner’s data, processed by a specified data centre, for a foreign data service provider. The law must clarify whether foreign data stored in specified data centres in India will be exempted under the DPDPA.

Source: Indian Express March 26, 2026 07:15 UTC