National Public Cloud Data Center System
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The state will keep its sovereign data in a building it is mostly not paying for: of EUR66.55m, the African Development Bank puts up EUR52.47m and the Congolese state EUR14.50m. China's Sumec is building it.
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Brazzaville's Tier III national data centre — Central Africa's first — is being built by China's Sumec with EUR66.55m in financing (EUR52.47m from the African Development Bank, EUR14.50m from the Congolese state). It will host sovereign state data and anchor a national cloud, alongside 600km of new fibre linking Cameroon and the Central African Republic.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “National Public Cloud Data Center System” — Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/brazzaville-data-hub/ (last verified 2026-07-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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