Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs 170-crore data centre and Enterprise Computing & Cybersecurity Training Institute, named Chaitanya, at Info Valley-II near Jatni on Sunday, with the state administration putting in place elaborate security and traffic arrangements for his visit.Police have issued a traffic advisory regulating vehicle movement along the PM’s route from Bhubaneswar airport to the RBI facility. While Modi is scheduled to travel from the airport to Khurda by helicopter before proceeding to the data centre by road, he will return to the airport by road after the inauguration.According to the tentative itinerary shared by the chief secretary’s office, Modi is expected to arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport around 4.30 pm aboard a special Indian Air Force aircraft. After inaugurating the facility, he is likely to spend about an hour at the campus before returning to the airport and departing from Odisha around 6.30 pm.Highlighting the significance of the project, RBI said in a post on X that strengthening digital infrastructure and enhancing cybersecurity preparedness are key to building a secure, resilient and future-ready financial ecosystem.Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the RBI Data Centre’s success would be measured not only by its inauguration but also by its long-term impact on digital infrastructure, financial data security and public welfare. He described the facility as another milestone in Odisha’s development journey that would strengthen financial data security, digital infrastructure and banking research.State BJP president and Rajya Sabha member Manmohan Samal said this would be Modi’s ninth visit to Odisha since the BJP formed the govt in the state in 2024. Calling the RBI centre a transformative initiative, Samal said the project would boost Odisha’s emergence as a major destination for digital and technology-driven investments.He said the Centre and the state’s “double-engine government” had accelerated investments across sectors, including semiconductors, data centres, information technology, mineral-based industries, petrochemicals, energy, agriculture and tourism, giving fresh momentum to Odisha’s growth trajectory. The centre, spread over 18.55 acres, is meant to serve as a critical backup to RBI’s main data centre in Navi Mumbai.
