India launches national life science data repository

The Indian government has recently launched a national repository for life science data.

The Indian Biological Data Center (IBDC) is situated at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad, a city in the state of Haryana while a data disaster recovery site has been set up at the National Informatics Centre in the state of Odisha.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

According to a press release, the IBDC has a four-petabyte-data storage capacity and houses…