Saudi firm to set up data center in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City
The firm will invest $100 million in the data centre
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Saudi Arabia's DataVolt has announced to set up a data centre at a cost of 100 million US dollars in Bangladesh's Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City (BHTC) in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka.
DataVolt Chief Strategy Officer Ayad Al Amri made this announcement at a bilateral meeting with State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak at a city hotel on Tuesday, reports BSS.
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) has assured the company of allotting three acres of land initially in the high-tech city for setting up a modern data centre.
Highlighting the government incentives for investment and the potential of the BHTC, Palak thanked the DataVolt authorities for expressing their interest to invest in the high-tech city and assured them of giving all-out support from his ministry.
BHTPA Managing Director GSM Jafarullah and other officials of the BHTPA and DataVolt were present at the meeting.