The government is inaugurating, this Tuesday, the first National Data Center and Cloud, a strategic infrastructure for the storage and processing of government data, representing an investment of nearly $90 million. The project was publicly unveiled in February 2023 by the Minister of Telecommunications, Mário Oliveira.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Media, the ceremony will be presided over by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.
Located in Camama, Luanda, the infrastructure features 208 “racks”—physical structures that house servers and network equipment—and has the capacity to support up to 13,000 virtual servers (vCPUs). The project aims to ensure the secure storage of government data and the hosting of public IT systems.
Plans also include migrating existing applications and making more than 80 government services available on the new digital platform.
The building, consisting of two prefabricated floors of modular data centers, occupies an area of 860 square meters and incorporates a fiber-optic network with a capacity of 50 gigabytes per second. This network will connect all ministries and the National Assembly, facilitating the implementation of smart offices and the unification of public administration data.
In addition to serving the government, the infrastructure is also designed to provide technological services to private companies, both domestic and foreign.
According to the executive, the project aims to strengthen Angola’s digital sovereignty by reducing dependence on external data storage infrastructure and accelerating digital transformation in key sectors such as health, education, security, and the economy.
The investment included not only the construction of the infrastructure but also the training of specialized technicians and the integration of government services into a shared cloud platform.
The National Data Center and Cloud is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2021 between the governments of Angola and the United Arab Emirates, involving MinTICS and the multinational company Presight.
Source: Jornal Mercado
