Barbados

Name: Barbados
Address: BB

Barbados has a data protection act in force since 2021 and a government digital economy plan that includes a planned national data centre for AI compute, with the government owning the first stage.

The Data Protection Act 2019 came into force in March 2021, though some provisions were reported as not yet proclaimed, and a Data Protection Commissioner was appointed in July 2021. Barbados Today reported on 11 March 2026 a government digital plan that includes a data centre in Greenland, St Andrew, starting at 100 kW and scaling to 15 MW. A January 2026 report describes a partnership with an African AI firm to build high-performance computing and local AI models. We read no primary government document for either.

AI policy and activity

No AI law was found. The government plan mentions new laws on telecommunications, blockchain and electronic transactions, per the press report.

Power and grid

Reported. The only grid-related statement found is that the planned data centre would support green electricity; no interconnection or utility document was read.

Data centres and compute

Data centres and compute
Site	Where	Status	Notes and source
Greenland national data centre (planned) Government of Barbados (first 5 MW), with the remainder reported as open to private investors	Greenland, St Andrew	Planned	Reported. The article says the facility would start at 100 kW and scale to 15 MW, with the government owning the first 5 MW and 10 MW left for private investors. These are different stages and are not added. No construction start or energy source was confirmed. (source)

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Data Protection Act 2019 Read the cited source	Law	In force	Reported. DLA Piper summary: in force from March 2021 with some provisions yet to be proclaimed; Commissioner appointed 15 July 2021; transfers abroad require an adequate level of protection with appropriate safeguards. No localisation rule was mentioned. We did not read the Act.
Government digital economy plan, including a national data centre Read the cited source	Programme	Proposed	Reported. Barbados Today article dated 11 March 2026. It describes a four-year plan with milestones to 2030, a data centre supporting AI compute, cloud services and green electricity, and planned legislation on telecommunications, blockchain and electronic transactions. We did not find the government's own document.
Government and Amini AI partnership Read the cited source	Programme	Planned from 12 January 2026	Reported. Barbados Today, 12 January 2026. The Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology and the African AI firm Amini announced a fellowship, locally relevant AI models and development of high-performance computers, data centres and cloud infrastructure. The date shown is the report date. No capacity was stated.

Checked on 3 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.

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ComputeFinder. (2026, October 3). Barbados: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/barbados

BibTeX

@misc{computefinder_countries_barbados,
  title        = {Barbados: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0092}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0092},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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