New govt agency to manage ‘big data’

The government has created the Big Data Institute (BDI), a public agency that will handle the massive amount of data generated by the public and state agencies.

The BDI, announced in the Royal Gazette on Friday, is expected to be up and running within 180 days, said Nuttapon Nimmanphatcharin, president and chief executive of the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa). The agency will supersede the Government Big Data Institute (GBDi), opened in May 2019.

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Bangkok Post Reporter