HIBAPRESS – Abdellatif Baraka
Morocco has made its choice in the battle for digital sovereignty, by announcing a project to establish a massive data center in the city of Dakhla, with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts, relying entirely on renewable energy.
A step that reflects the Kingdom's transition from consuming digital services to localizing them, thus ensuring the protection and processing of strategic data within the national territory from the north to the extreme south of the Kingdom. The project, which was revealed by the Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, falls within a national vision that aims to enhance data security and reduce digital dependence on foreign countries, in light of the escalating global concerns related to legal sovereignty over sensitive data. The strategic dimension of the center is not limited to digital security only, but extends to include the stakes of territorial development, as the choice of Dakhla constitutes a clear message about the positioning of the southern regions as a promising hub for future infrastructure, benefiting from its great qualifications in the field of renewable energies and its strategic geographical location. With this project, Morocco links digitalization and sustainability, and establishes a new stage in which digital transformation is a sovereign and developmental tool at the same time, capable of attracting investments and strengthening the Kingdom's position on the regional digital map.
