Digital World 2016 #NonStopBangladesh
The ICT Division and the BASIS in association with several IT organizations are organizing the digital world with the theme of 'Non Stop Bangladesh.
World’s 5th largest data centre to be in Bangladesh
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced the plan at a press conference in Dhaka on Monday.
He said the centre, equipped with cloud computing and G-Cloud technologies, would be the world’s fifth largest data centre.
The press conference on ‘A year of advancement towards building a digital Bangladesh’ was held at the Bangladesh Computer Council building.
He said around 20 acres would be needed for the facility. “It can be situated in the High Tech Park being built at Kaliakoir (in Gazipur).”