The first ever data centre on weather, climate, air pollution and water resources will be established in Rwanda to serve for multiple purposes, local media reported Friday quoting an authoritative source in Kigali.
A senior official at the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA), said that Rwandan scientists have gained the capability, using computer modelling and observatory data, to calculate regional trace gas sources, sinks, climate change, and air pollution.
Dr Didier Ntwali, Division Manager of Earth and Space Science at the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) explained having a data centre will imply several benefits.
This include including providing the local capacity to take advantage of revenue-yielding opportunities that mitigate climate change.
The announcement comes months after RSA took over Rwanda Climate Observatory project, which was previously under the Ministry of Education and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Having a data centre will imply several benefits including providing the local capacity to take advantage of revenue-yielding opportunities that mitigate climate change by applying the ability to quantify regional and local climate and greenhouse gas sources, it said.
“The research on climate and weather needs high spatial and temporal resolution data,” Dr Ntwali said.
Data collected will focus on key areas such as weather, climate, air pollution and water resources to serve the needs of governmental, private sectors, it said.
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