Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the RBI’s new Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, marking a major step in strengthening India’s financial infrastructure and cyber resilience.
PM Inaugurates RBI’s Data Centre and Cybersecurity Hub
On October 27, 2026, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India’s new Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The facility, established under RBI’s technology modernization initiative, is poised to enhance data security, system redundancy, and cyber incident response capabilities across India’s financial ecosystem.
The center will serve dual functions: housing critical financial data infrastructure with high-availability architecture and training cybersecurity professionals from banking and financial institutions. It is aligned with the RBI’s ‘Operational Resilience Framework’ and the broader National Cyber Security Strategy. The inauguration was attended by the Governor of Odisha, Shri Brajmohan Ram, and Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi.
For legal practitioners in financial regulation and cyber law, this development signals increased regulatory focus on data localization, incident reporting (under RBI Circulars), and audit preparedness for cyber resilience. Institutions must now anticipate higher scrutiny of IT governance frameworks.
