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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to establish data parks in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru, while emphasising sustainable data centres for industrial growth in the state.

The decision was taken at a meeting attended by the concerned ministers, K J George (Energy), M B Patil (Large and Medium Industries), and Priyank Kharge (IT).

“A sustainable data centre park with a capacity of 500 MW will be established near Hoskote in Bengaluru. Solar power generated at Pavagada will be supplied directly to the park. The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board has indicated that there will be no difficulty in supplying 60 MLD of secondary treated water, while industries themselves will undertake tertiary treatment,” Patil’s office said in a release.

The minister said that the combined capacity of all three parks will be 1,000 MW, the release added.

Land is also available for establishing a data park in Mangaluru, with around 350 acres of land belonging to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) identified in the Baikampady Industrial Area.

Suitable land will also be identified in Mysuru for the project. Power and water will be provided to investors setting up data centres in these parks.

The ministers directed officials to make the necessary preparatory arrangements and suggested that a meeting with potential investors be convened soon.

In the next phase, a committee of ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar (Water Resources), and senior officials, will be constituted. The data parks will be established at the earliest, Patil said.

Senior government officials were also present at the meeting.