Shared Cloud Spurs Smart Skills in Bangladesh
For the first time in the country, a shareable cloud facility has been launched to enhance higher education, research, and machine learning–based skill development in Bangladesh. The initiative has been jointly introduced by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA).
Under this initiative, the ICT Division has integrated more than 20 NVIDIA Volta Architecture Tensor Core GPUs through a Cloud Resource Management Platform. This development opens the door to conducting small- to medium-scale AI model simulation, training, and capacity-building programs.
According to sources, the new setup will provide computing power equivalent to more than 900 CPUs, based on specifications where one GPU is approximately equal to 45 CPUs. Collectively, the cloud infrastructure is capable of offering up to 2,240 teraFLOPS of deep learning capacity. Sector insiders believe this will enable a wide range of high-performance computing activities, including machine learning–based dataset training, threat intelligence, geoscience modeling, and other advanced computational tasks.
The new service was officially launched on Wednesday, January 14. Individuals and institutions interested in using the facility or conducting inference tests have been requested to express their interest by emailing [email protected] after the inauguration.
It has been learned that the National Data Center team of the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) will be responsible for maintaining and operating the cloud facility.
