National Data Center Debuts Nutanix, PaaS and GPU Cloud Services
Nutanix, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and GPU Cloud facilities have been integrated into the National Data Center (NDC) located at the ICT Tower in Agargaon, Dhaka. These three platforms are experiencing an average annual global growth of around 30 percent as digital services, with growth in the developing world reaching nearly 70 percent.
To strengthen Bangladesh’s position in this rapidly expanding market, the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), under the Digital Government Economy Strengthening (EDGE) Project, has implemented this major upgrade at the National Data Center with financial support of Tk 120 crore from the World Bank.
The newly added services were inaugurated on Wednesday, January 14, at the Bangladesh Computer Council auditorium by Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
The event was chaired by Dr Md Taiyabur Rahman, Project Director of the EDGE Project and Joint Secretary. Special guests included ICT Division Secretary Shish Haider Chowdhury, BCC Executive Director Md Abu Sayeed, and World Bank Digital Development Specialist Suporna Roy.
In his keynote address, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said that the management of the National Data Center has undergone fundamental changes since the July uprising. Alongside upgrades to CPU, memory, and storage capacity, legacy gaps have been addressed by engaging vendors to modernize voluntary components. He noted that security, load balancing, and DDoS attack mitigation capabilities are now significantly stronger than before 2023. Server downtime has decreased, security monitoring has been reinforced, and sufficient bandwidth has been ensured.
Highlighting that the NDC has already built substantial operational capacity, he urged other government ministries not to establish separate data centers, but instead to compete in delivering the best possible services to citizens through shared infrastructure. This approach, he said, would reduce data silos and lower public expenditure on digital infrastructure.
Referring to initiatives under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, interoperability, and identification frameworks, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said that under the “cloud-first” policy, provisions have been made to allow cross-border public and private data to be stored on the cloud, with local backups ensured in consideration of global contingencies.
He also outlined plans to bring all government institutions into a single ecosystem through blockchain-based solutions for database synchronization and authentication. According to him, Bangladesh is moving toward building Digital Public Infrastructure and a “digital connectivity highway” through coordinated access to data. As part of this hybrid service model, Nutanix, PaaS, and GPU Cloud facilities have been introduced.
He added that private companies will also be able to use the GPU Cloud for simulation purposes, which will help curb the practice of gaming companies resorting to unofficial channels to access foreign GPU resources for testing.
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