The Moroccan government is set to launch an “unprecedented technological system” to manage and monitor the upcoming September 2026 general election, Fes News has reported.

According to sources who spoke to the regional outlet, the Ministry of the Interior’s Directorate General of Internal Affairs (DGAI) is finalizing the “digital infrastructure” implementation.

The initiative involves a “comprehensive modernization” of the “central operations room” to improve accuracy, transparency, and speed in processing electoral and “political” data.

The system will go “beyond traditional data collection methods” using a “fully secure and advanced network architecture,” according to information seen by Fes News.

It will be supported by “high-performance” data centers equipped with “powerful” servers as well as “strict” load balancing protocols to ensure service continuity and handle simultaneous vast data flows on election day without interruption.

Fes News’ sources also said that the deployment will use AI and big data analytics for real-time analysis of field indicators and to detect potential irregularities.

Internal Affairs departments across regions – the Ministry of Interior sections responsible for national security and territorial surveillance – will be connected through a “secure and independent” intranet network.

This infrastructure will eliminate “time and paperwork gaps” between polling stations and the central government.

The Ministry confirmed that advanced firewalls and multi-factor authentication policies have been implemented to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the electoral data, sources told Fes News.

DCD has attempted to approach the Ministry of Interior for comment.

Morocco is developing significant domestic data center capacity as part of its 'Digital Morocco 2030' strategy – a national program to modernize the country's economy and public services through digital initiatives.

The government plans to build three data centers, including a 500MW renewable energy facility in Dakhla, a city run by Moroccan authorities in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Morocco is emerging as a leading data center host in Africa. In 2025, Korea’s Naver announced a partnership with Nvidia and investment firm Lloyds Capital to build a 500MW data center in the country.

The previous year, Oracle launched a cloud region in collaboration with data center operator N+One.

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