with Almira Louise S. MartinezA reporter
Converting the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a data center may benefit the nation, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
“I think this will be one of the biggest in the country; the government can definitely benefit. At least we have a national data center,” said Bataan Governor Jose Enriquez “Joet” S. Garcia III in an interview.
Transforming the power station can open many opportunities, not only in the province but also in the whole country, he added.
“It’s a gaming development that I believe can attract investors and investors, bring money and jobs.”
In addition, the local government plans to establish an IT-BPM center within the proposed center to serve the private sector and corporations.
“We propose it to be an IT-BPM hub so visitors will be there, and various BPM will be there,” said Mr, Garcia.
Mr. Garcia told BusinessWorld that he sees data as ‘gold’ that needs a secure and safe place to store it, which BNPP can provide given the nature of its structure.
“There’s really great potential to turn BNPP into a cloud computing center—in fact, a watertight data center.”
“As we all know, nuclear plants are also waterproof, so we can use that technology to help make the data center more efficient,” he added.
Mr. Garcia is urging the national government to support the ‘realistic’ use of the plant instead of using it as a nuclear power plant.
“There are many changes taking place in the province; we have many critical industries here; we don’t think the nuclear plant in Bataan can be very effective.”
Finally September 2Bataan Second District Congressman Albert S. Garcia had a discussion with the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) regarding the structural plans and design of the BNPP conversion project.
Source link
