Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Capitalising on the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services, Summit Group plans to establish a large-scale data centre in Bangladesh within the next year, its Chairman Muhammed Aziz Khan has told Japan-based news portal Nikkei Asia.

In an online interview with Nikkei Asia, Aziz said Summit is preparing to partner with a major global technology company for the venture. As the country's leading private power producer, Summit Power International will provide the energy backbone for the project, utilising its gas-based infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted, high-uptime power supply required for Tier-1 data centre operations.

"Summit Group's key focus going forward will be energy and data growt...