Sri Lanka and US partners discuss developing sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure
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Officials from Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Digital Economy, GovTech Sri Lanka, the US Embassy, and CyberCX Australia met to discuss a proposed programme backed by anticipated US grant aid to develop a Sovereign Government Cloud and computing infrastructure.
Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne highlighted the need to expand national artificial intelligence computing capabilities and build resilient digital infrastructure. US Embassy representative Evan Fowler confirmed that CyberCX was selected as the implementing partner.
GovTech Chairman Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya noted ongoing assessments of sovereign cloud requirements and preliminary talks with data centre investors. GovTech CEO Shevan Goonetilleke said the agency will collaborate with CyberCX to design projects under the grant aid.
Discussions also addressed enforcing the Personal Data Protection Act, international cybersecurity standards, and upgrading the Lanka Government Cloud system.
