Mirantis–Pico partnership ushers in sovereign cloud era in Bangladesh

Mirantis – the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company enabling enterprises to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign AI infrastructure – today (8 August) announced a partnership with Pico Public Cloud, an affiliate of Fiber@Home, to build the first sovereign public cloud service in Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh, cloud services are primarily available from offshore hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, which can cause challenges for their users, including foreign currency restrictions, limited data residency options, latency concerns, lack of localised support, and high operating costs. Now, by comparison, Pico Public Cloud offers a cutting-edge horizontal, multi-site public cloud service provider (CSP) in Bangladesh.

The collaboration focuses on data localisation, residency, and a robust anything-as-a-service (XaaS) suite, enhancing digital capabilities for telecom and network providers. 

Businesses in finance, telecommunications, healthcare, and other industries can meet local compliance requirements while safeguarding sensitive data by using Pico Public Cloud, which guarantees that all data is processed and stored inside national borders.

"We're partnering with Pico Public Cloud to deliver a cloud platform that is tailored to the specific needs of Bangladesh customers, enabling compliance, local control, and economic efficiency. Together, we are developing a high-performing, scalable public cloud service that advances national innovation and better serves local enterprises and consumers," said Srinivas Tadigadapa, strategic account director, Mirantis.

"The collaboration combines Mirantis' scalable and secure infrastructure-as-a-service platform with our operational experience in data centres and nationwide fibre-optic infrastructure. We are using Mirantis to deliver powerful computing resources that guarantee data remains within national borders," said Azad Chowdhury, CEO, Pico Public Cloud

Pico Public Cloud brings the power of ultra-low latency infrastructure, achieving response times of just three to four milliseconds, to organisations and individuals throughout Bangladesh. 

"The partnership enables the offering of cost-effective, secure cloud solutions to government and corporate users across all industries," said Moynul H Siddiqui, chairman of Fiber@Home. 

He added, "It is powered by Mirantis and hosted within Felicity IDC's data centres [another affiliated company of Fiber@Home], the only Tier-III certified data centre facility in Bangladesh in multiple locations. With high availability, 99.98% uptime offering full redundancy and concurrent maintainability, Pico Public Cloud ensures seamless, low-latency communication while meeting stringent data residency and security requirements."

Fiber@Home will host an open house on 9-10 August, featuring live demonstrations of the Pico Public Cloud platform and interactive Q&A sessions designed to showcase its capabilities and foster stakeholder engagement.