WorldLink denies Meta investment claim as hype outpaces reality in Nepal’s data centre rush

Recent reports claiming the Silicon Valley giant would invest Rs 5 billion in a local data centre have no basis, the named Nepali partner says.

When Nepal Khabar reported this week that Meta was investing approximately Rs 5 billion to build a data centre in Nepal through a partnership with WorldLink Communications, it sounded like a watershed moment for the country’s digital economy. WorldLink says it isn’t true.