Burkina Faso: Inauguration of sovereign data centres to secure sensitive government data
On Friday, January 23, 2026, in Ouagadougou, Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo presided over the official inauguration of the public administration data centers. This event marks a strategic step forward in the country’s digital modernization and technological sovereignty.
The fundamental mission of these infrastructures is to centralize, secure, and maintain control over the strategic data of the State.
They will host sensitive information related to citizen identity, civil status, national security, public finances, and administrative information systems.
Distributed across several sites less than 100 kilometers apart, the data centers offer impressive technical capabilities: 3,000 terabytes of storage, 28,800 CPU cores of computing power, and over 105,600 GB of memory.
This architecture supports the creation of 7,000 virtual machines, expandable to up to 12,000 under optimal conditions.
Each ministry will now benefit from 100 to 300 dedicated servers to host its applications and databases.
This shared infrastructure will enhance interoperability between government agencies while ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive information.
This project represents a decisive step in building a sovereign digital administration.
It will enable Burkina Faso to reduce its technological dependence while providing citizens with more efficient and secure public digital services.
Maurice K.ZONGO
