Sri Lanka issues GovCloud 3.0 RFIs

Sri Lanka’s GovTech agency has opened requests for information for GovCloud 3.0, the next planned version of the state cloud used for public digital services. (govtech.lk) GovTech says it is the government’s lead implementation agency for national digital transformation, and the existing Lanka Government Cloud already lets ministries and agencies request infrastructure as a service through a self-service portal. (govtech.lk) (lgc.gov.lk) The current Lanka Government Cloud 2.0 requires agencies to submit a formal request signed by the head of the organization, and systems must be tested and security-audited before deployment. (lgc.gov.lk) Sri Lanka has been moving toward a tighter sovereign-cloud model since at least July 2025, when the Information and Communication Technology Agency released draft cloud policy and strategy documents for public consultation. (biometricupdate.com) Those draft documents said critical government data should remain in sovereign environments inside Sri Lanka, while less sensitive workloads could run on public or hybrid clouds under local controls. (biometricupdate.com) The same strategy assigned roles across the state: the Ministry of Digital Economy for policy direction, the planned Digital Economy Authority for regulation, and GovTech for technical execution. (biometricupdate.com) That cloud push has been running alongside Sri Lanka’s digital identity build-out. Biometric Update reported in March 2026 that the Information and Communication Technology Agency had closed a separate request for information for a managed service provider for the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project. (biometricupdate.com) The government has also widened the infrastructure search beyond software. A December 2, 2025 request for information from the Board of Investment and Ministry of Digital Economy asked investors for concepts for large-scale data centres and “AI-ready” infrastructure, with submissions open through January 8, 2026. (investsrilanka.com) That notice said Colombo wanted information on facility scale, technical specifications, land, energy, connectivity and possible public-private partnership structures, showing the state is testing both policy and market capacity before procurement. (investsrilanka.com) GovCloud 3.0 now fits into that sequence: first a state cloud, then a sovereign-cloud rulebook, then investor outreach for data-centre capacity, and now a fresh market sounding for the next government platform. (lgc.gov.lk) (biometricupdate.com) (investsrilanka.com)