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Bangladesh

Name: Bangladesh
Address: BD

Bangladesh has a state-run Tier IV national data centre and a new data protection ordinance, but a draft AI policy and a reported electricity shortfall.

The Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited runs the National Data Centre at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park, Gazipur, and describes it as Uptime Institute Tier IV certified. A Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025 was announced in October 2025 with an 18-month rollout, as reported. A National AI Policy is still being drafted, according to July 2026 reporting. The Power Division forecast in April 2026 a shortage of about 3,000 MW against about 17,000 MW of demand. No data localisation rule or national compute programme was found.

AI policy and activity

A national AI policy was in draft as of July 2026 reporting, centred on ethics, public-sector guidance, data protection and regional AI centres of excellence. No compute or data centre provisions were disclosed in the report read.

Power and grid

Reported. The Power Division forecast of about 3,000 MW shortage (April 2026, Dhaka Tribune above) is a system-wide figure, not data centre load. Expected relief of about 1,982 MW once repairs complete and coal arrives was also reported. No data centre power rules were found.

Data centres and compute

Data centres and compute
Site	Where	Status	Notes and source
National Data Centre Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL)	Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park, Gazipur	Operating	Primary. Operator page: Tier IV certified by Uptime Institute, 4 halls, 604 racks, 744 physical servers, 8 backup generators of 2.5 MVA each, 40 Gbps connectivity. Cabinet approved the company in December 2019 and it was registered in September 2020. No MW figure given. Offers cloud and colocation. The Tier claim is the operator's own. (source)
Meghna Cloud BDCCL with GenNext Technologies	Bangladesh (site not stated in the page read)	Operating	Reported. Daily Star lists it as launched in 2023 and the country's first cloud data centre. Capacity not stated. (source)

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025 Read the cited source	Law	In force	Reported. Financial Express: announced 13 October 2025, gazette publication then pending, 18-month rollout, creates a Data Protection Authority. A digest (https://dig.watch/countries/Bangladesh) describes it as enacted alongside National Data Management and Cyber Protection Ordinances. Effective date and any localisation or transfer rule unconfirmed.
National Artificial Intelligence Policy (draft) Read the cited source	Policy	Proposed	Reported. Financial Express: announced as being drafted at the World AI Conference 2026 in Shanghai (17 to 20 July). No completion date or infrastructure detail given. dig.watch also lists draft national cloud and blockchain policies, date not stated.
Power Division demand and supply forecast, April 2026 Read the cited source	Grid	Proposed	Reported. Dhaka Tribune, 23 April 2026, quoting a Power Division official: demand about 17,000 MW, expected generation about 14,000 MW, shortage about 3,000 MW, with plant outages and coal supply constraints cited.

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). Bangladesh: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/bangladesh

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@misc{computefinder_countries_bangladesh,
  title        = {Bangladesh: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0059}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0059},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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