Ooredoo builds data center in Hulhumalé, Maldives - DatacenterDynamics

"With this important step towards a truly Digital Maldives, our aim is to establish the Maldives as a technological hub in the region.”Khan called the facility "the first-ever data center in the Maldives," but the small archipelagic state has an existing tiny data center footprint.

Back in 2005, a data center was built in the National Center for Information Technology building to host e-government workloads, and enterprises run server rooms in the country.

But operators have generally been wary of building in the country, the third most endangered island nation due to flooding from climate change.

Microsoft is currently experimenting with underwater data centers with Project Natick, but the concept is not widespread.

It also has lofty smart city and digitalization targets, only possible with a matching data center infrastructure.

Published On: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:31:01 GMT