India, Sept. 15 -- In a bid to give fillip to the data centre industry, the Centre has proposed that data centre developers be exempted from taxes for a period of up to 20 years.

According to the draft National Data Centre Policy 2025, reviewed by Business Standard, developers will be exempted from taxes if they meet the targets for capacity addition, power usage effectiveness and employment generation.

The electronics and information technology ministry (MeitY) is likely to request the finance ministry to allow input tax credit on GST, which is levied on capital assets such as, data centre construction, heating ventilation, air conditioning equipment and other electronic equipment used in data centres, the report said.

The draft polic...