The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says data centres nationwide, will enhance ICT service delivery and assist security agencies to effectively curtail insecurity nationwide.
Pantami said this in Kano after inspecting the Tier 4 data centre, which acccording to him, is ready for inauguration.
The minister also said the centre would enhance ICT service delivery to both public and private institutions in the country.
Pantami, who disclosed that there were other data centres in Abuja and Southern part of the country, noted that each of them were capable of providing both physical and logical security to its subscribers.
The minister said the Kano centre would now serve as regional office for the Federal Government-owned Galaxy Backbone limited, established to provide ICT services to both public and private institutions.
He said that the Tier 4 Data Centre in Kano, had 0.7 petabyte storage capacity, adding “there is scope of extension when the need arises, depending on the citizens and customers’ demands. N
