South Asia: New data center heading to Islamabad

The government of Pakistan has announced that it has opened a new data center in Islamabad, namely the National Information Technology Board (NITB) (NITB Staging Environment). Federal Minister for Information and Technology, Syed Amin ul Haq, inaugurated the PKR. 330 million ($1.88m) facility, which includes eight data servers with a storage capacity of 500 terabytes. 

Speaking about the facility, which will be used for testing and development of government web portals, Amin ul Haq, commented: "With cutting-edge technology and meticulous attention to detail, NITB's data center provides highly secure and effective solutions that meet the data security demands of ministries." 

He added: "The data center services ensure a secure physical and technical architecture that safeguards the most sensitive and vital data from all types of internal and external security threats. Under this initiative, the NITB will help establish secure testing incubation, where testing of government institutions' websites, mobile applications, and web portals will be possible."