The Federal Government Data Centre in Kano State would be ready by the first quarter of 2022, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Professor Ali Pantami has said.
Pantami disclosed this while inspecting the centre on Saturday in Kano, saying the centre has 41 terabytes memory capacity, with a storage capacity of about 2.2 ventabytes.
He said the Galaxy Backbone company was implementing the project which he said is being supervised by his ministry.
According to the Minister, when completed, the centre would provide more storage facilities for both public and private sectors in the country.
“I am here to inspect the work, look at its quality and also the specification earlier agreed by Federal Government with the contractor to ensure standards.
“I am highly impressed with the quality of the work being done here, the power supply and the security of the area.
“Government has its main data centre in Abuja, another one in the South, which is a backup, and this is another one in the Northwest. The one we have in Abuja is tier three data centre. So, this is an upgrade of the existing data centres we have in the country,” he said.
According to what the contractor told him, the centre will be ready by February, while other structures such as offices, will be ready by March.
“Our plan is to ensure that by the first quarter of 2022, this project will be ready for inauguration,” he said.
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