Luanda: Angola's new Data Center and Cloud, scheduled for inauguration this Tuesday in Luanda, marks a significant shift in the storage of personal documents for Angolan citizens, including passports and academic qualification certificates. This task, previously managed by foreign entities, will now be handled domestically. According to Angola Press News Agency, the technological infrastructure, constructed by the Angolan Government in Camama, Luanda province, is a stride toward modernizing the technology sector and achieving digital sovereignty. André Pedro, Director-General of the National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society (INFOSI), highlighted the center's role in fostering confidence for hosting critical services for both national and foreign enterprises. Estimated at 89 million US dollars, the data processing center, overseen by the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS), aims to enhance service reliability. In a statement to An gola's National Radio, André Pedro emphasized the facility's capacity to interconnect technological services across various ministerial departments, notably Finance, Telecommunications, Interior, Education, and Health. Pedro assured that this infrastructure, connected by fiber optics, would significantly improve governmental service availability to citizens in real-time. He noted the novelty of Angolans having a domestic option for storing personal documents, previously entrusted to foreign entities. The infrastructure ensures data replication in the Government of Angola's secondary Data Center, providing robustness in document storage. Spanning more than five thousand square meters, the two-story prefabricated main building offers enhanced security for critical documents. This development follows the inauguration of Angola's first carrier-neutral Tier III Data Center by private operator Raxio in Cacuaco, Luanda province, which aims to bolster existing digital infrastructures in the country. A data center consolidates computer systems, servers, storage, and network components to manage and safeguard extensive data volumes.