RBI hardens fin backbone against enemy strikes

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has built a high-security data centre in Odisha, strategically located away from potential cross-border threat zones and high seismic-risk regions, as part of efforts to safeguard critical financial infrastructure and strengthen continuity of core systems.

The greenfield facility in Bhubaneswar is designed to house core computing systems supporting the central bank’s currency management, payment and settlement operations, and regulatory data functions, analysts and officials said. The Odisha site lies well away from India’s western and northern borders, reducing exposure to potential cross-border missile or drone threats. It also falls outside the country’s highest seismic risk zones, lowering vulnerability to major earthquake activity—factors that strengthen the safety and continuity framework for infrastructure underpinning critical financial systems.