DHAKA, Jan 14, 2026 (BSS) - The government today launched Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Cloud and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) at the National Data Center to strengthen national cloud capacity and support research, education and advanced digital services.

The services were inaugurated at the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) auditorium in capital's Agargaon area by Chief Adviser's Special Assistant on the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, an official handout said.

Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said the new platforms will address capacity constraints at BCC and enable microservice-based digital services through a CNCF-certified Kubernetes PaaS with built-in automation, security, CI/CD, high availability and disaster recovery features.

He said the GPU cloud, integrating over 20 NVIDIA Volta architecture GPUs, will support higher education, research, generative AI, machine learning and high-performance computing, marking the first shared cloud facility of its kind in the public sector.

The platforms will also help ensure compliance with the Personal Data Protection, National Data Management and Cyber Safety Ordinances 2025, he added.

The infrastructure has been established under the World Bank-funded "Digital Government and Economy Strengthening Project" implemented by the ICT Division.

ICT Division Secretary Shish Haider Chowdhury, World Bank Digital Development Specialist Suparna Roy and senior officials were present at the event.