Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s Ministry of Communications has signed a contract with global telecom company Nokia to establish the country’s first government-owned data centers in the capital.
The project involves building two modern facilities, one at the Al Intisar site and another at the Al Rasheed exchange in Baghdad’s Al Senak district.
Designed to international standards, the centers will store data under Iraqi management and serve both government institutions and private sector clients. Officials said the initiative will help ensure that citizens’ and companies’ data remain secure inside Iraq.
Communications Minister Hiyam Al Yasiri described the project as a cornerstone of Iraq’s digital transformation, stressing that advanced data centers are essential to complement fiber optic expansion and faster internet services.
Nokia has already worked in Iraq, including building a data center for the Ministry of Planning to support the national census.
According to Nokia, the new facilities will support digitalization, governance, and e-government services while strengthening Iraq’s ability to process and store information with cutting-edge global technologies.
