SL talks with multiple global/local players for data centre
Sri Lanka’s data centre is becoming a hot topic for discussion with the government discussing with multiple partners for investments, top officials said.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during a meeting in the UAE on Wednesday, invited Oracle to establish a Sovereign Oracle Cloud region in the country, focusing on digital transformation, fintech adoption, and cloud infrastructure.
Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne told The Sunday Times Business on Thursday that such discussions are ongoing with multiple players for a data centre for Sri Lanka. He said the government is discussing with both foreign as well as local parties such as Google, Microsoft, AWS, Dialogue, Sri Lanka Telecom, and Orel IT. “We are having internal discussions whether to invest and hold the data centre in the Lanka Government Cloud or to go for a private partner to invest on those platforms and to hold the sovereign cloud with the government.”
The idea is to get the right cloud infrastructure for the government and the private sector and also to explore if the data services can be exported to other nations, he added.
President Dissanayake met with the Executive Vice Chairman of Oracle Corporation Mike Sicilia during the World Governments’ Summit held in the United Arab Emirates. Yeah. Oracle is pledging to support Sri Lanka’s digitalisation by providing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), establishing a Sovereign Oracle Cloud region, and establishing a Digital Transformation Hub in Colombo Port City. The President also requested a team from Mr. Sicilia to facilitate the transition to a cashless economy.
Discussing cyber security, the Deputy Minister added that the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) still does not have the authority to enforce action without the Cybersecurity Act.
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