Algeria inaugurates first national digital services center

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has inaugurated Algeria's first National Center for Digital Services in Mohammadia, Algiers. This unprecedented infrastructure is designed to host national data within the country and guarantee the uninterrupted continuity of public digital services.

The National Center for Digital Services is the first establishment of its kind in Algeria. It operates with two high-availability national data centers using an "active-active" architecture, ensuring continuous service without interruption. The project, awarded to a consortium led by China's Huawei, was officially launched in April 2024 under the supervision of the High Commissioner for Digitalization, Meriem Benmouloud.

This center is a strategic pillar for hosting data nationally, ensuring the continuity of digital services, and enabling interoperability between different government sectors. It aims to consolidate digital transformation, enhance public service efficiency, and improve citizen services. During the contract signing, Benmouloud emphasized that the project would bolster Algeria's "digital sovereignty" by centralizing national data on Algerian soil.

Built to meet stringent international standards for data center construction, security, and operational resilience, the center in Mohammadia relies on its "active-active" architecture for constant supervision, optimal operation, and sustained availability of network infrastructure, information systems, cloud computing platforms, data infrastructure, the National Public Services Portal, and the National Database. The center also manages technical infrastructure and service continuity through state-of-the-art centralized supervision and control systems, employing recognized operational procedures and management standards for proactive anomaly detection and rapid resolution. A second center is planned for Blida.