Tulip Telecom, India’s leading enterprise data services provider, has won a project worth Rs 87.23 crore for hosting data center space from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for its Unique ID project ‘Adhaar’. As per the deal, Tulip Telecom will host UIDAI servers from Tulip Data City based out of Bangalore. The duration of this project is three years and can be extended further to another year or two.          

“The normal duration of such deals is around 5-10 years though some government contracts like these initially come with a shorter duration. However, even this one is likely to be a 5-year deal as it is extendable,” Deepinder Singh Bedi, Executive Director, Tulip Telecom told InformationWeek.                    

Through this partnership, Tulip will provide premium data center space of 10,000 sq. ft. to UIDAI to host IT infrastructure that will power the world’s largest database. In addition to the data centre space, Tulip will also be providing a support area of about 3,000 sq. ft. for requirements such as employee seating space and storage space.    

Lt. Col. HS Bedi, Chairman & Managing Director, Tulip Telecom said, “Tulip is honored to partner with the Government of India for such a prestigious project. We pride ourselves on best-in-class delivery and infrastructure and look forward on working with one of India’s most innovative projects. This is an exciting opportunity for Tulip and the collaboration leverages our leadership in the data center space in India and represents a tremendous opportunity for partnership and growth.”          

Tulip Data City based in Bangalore is the world’s third largest and Asia’s largest data center. The facility will offer up to 900,000 sq feet of total data center space with a total planned power capacity of 100 MW. The multi-tiered facility is said to provide customers with both tier 4 and tier 3 data center spaces.