Shimla, Oct. 11 -- Himachal Pradesh government is planning to establish a Cyber City in Waknaghat in Solan district.

This was announced by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday, while chairing a high-level meeting of the Digital Technologies and Governance Department.

He said that the proposed Cyber City, to be set up over 650 bighas of land, will serve as a hub for data storage, artificial intelligence (AI), and other IT-based enterprises, giving a major boost to the state's digital economy and employment generation.

The Chief Minister directed the department to finalize the detailed blueprint of the project at the earliest.

He said that the IT sector has been identified as a key focus area, and the government is takin...