The government of Burkina Faso has inaugurated two new mini data centers as part of efforts to enhance data sovereignty and strengthen the country’s digital infrastructure.
The Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications said the facilities provide a combined storage capacity of approximately 3,000 terabytes, representing a tenfold increase compared to existing systems.
Officially commissioned by Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, the data centers are capable of supporting more than 7,000 virtual machines. This capacity enables each ministry to host between 100 and 300 virtual servers for the deployment and management of digital platforms.
The ministry estimated the total investment at XAF 16 billion (around USD 30 million). Over the next five years, the project is expected to generate savings of nearly XAF 30 billion by reducing reliance on foreign hosting services for government digital platforms.
Operations will be handled by national technical teams, a move that aims to strengthen local expertise and build sustainable capacity within Burkina Faso’s digital ecosystem.
According to the ministry, the initiative forms part of 12 flagship digital transformation projects currently underway in the country. The mini data centers are an interim solution ahead of the planned construction of a large national data center intended to repatriate all public administration and private sector data currently hosted outside Burkina Faso.
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