Private investment in data centres is on the rise in Bangladesh to serve the growing demand for storing, processing and managing digital data generated thanks to the boom in internet use and digitalisation of services.
The government spent a whopping Tk 1,200 crore to lay optical fibre across 2,600 unions of Bangladesh under phase-3 of the Info Sarkar project, which aims to provide high-speed internet at the union level.
The Bangladesh Computer Council has signed a contract with Summit Communications Ltd and Fiber at Home Ltd, under the public private partnership (PPP), to ensure high-speed internet service round the clock across 2,600 unions in the country. Under the agreement, Summit Communications will conduct operation, maintenance, repair, upgradation, replacement and revenue sharing of