In Nepal's journey into digital transformation, data centers and cloud services become fundamental and foundational digital infrastructure. Data centers ensure secure data management for critical sectors like e-governance, healthcare, finance, and education whereas cloud services provide scalable, on-demand computing power, fostering innovation and agility.

In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of digital transformation, a robust policy framework is imperative behind the growth and sustenance of local data centers and cloud services. Data centers act as the physical homes of our digital lives, housing servers, storage systems, and network equipment.

Information technology has changed the administration, as IT is now an integral part of government-funded agencies and public and private firms. But IT poses new challenges for data centers and payment gateways in terms of protecting data from unauthorized access, securing electronic transactions, and managing outsourcing services.