All government data to be stored at Kaliakair Data Centre

The cabinet today decided to store all government data at the 300TB capacity Kaliakair Data Centre under the ICT Division.

The data will be backed up in Jashore.

The decision came during the weekly cabinet meeting held at the secretariat. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting, joining virtually from her official residence Gono Bhaban.

"From now on, all government data will be stored there … it's compulsory for government data, but all private data can also be stored there upon payment," Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said at a press briefing after the meeting.

He said even the owners of the centre will not have access to data of any agency. Only the agencies concerned will have access to their respective data.

Islam said the cabinet approved retrospectively the revised drafts of the memorandum of association and articles of association of a company titled 'Bangladesh Data Centre Company Limited'.

He said the government is giving Tk 50 crore as the initial operating fund of the company and then it will have to run the data centre with its revenues.

"Every ministry or division of the government will have to open a server at the Kaliakair data centre. The data of all government agencies will have to be stored there. All types of safety and security of the data will be there," he said.