Bandar seri begawan: The Digital Brunei Council has announced the Digital Brunei 2030: The Digital Brunei Transformation Plan, a five-year national plan that sets the country's direction for digital growth through to 2030. The masterplan was formulated with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. Under the theme 'Together Towards a Digital Brunei', the masterplan marks the next phase of the nation's digital journey, building upon the foundations established by the Digital Economy Masterplan 2025 in support of the long-term aspirations of Wawasan Brunei 2035. Digital Brunei 2030 brings together four national strategies under a single coordinated framework, namely Digital Government Strategy; Digital Society Strategy; Digital Business Strategy; and the cross-cutting Data and Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
According to Radio Television Brunei, the masterplan was developed through a consultative process, including the Digital Brunei Transformation Workshop held on 25 August 2025. It reflects Brunei Darussalam's transition from establishing foundational digital capabilities to ensuring investments deliver tangible and sustainable outcomes for the economy, government, and society. The masterplan emphasizes alignment across ministries and agencies, between the public and private sectors, and between policy intent and delivery. This approach aims to reduce fragmentation, improve efficiency, and ensure digital initiatives reinforce rather than duplicate one another.
Digital Brunei 2030 will be realised through the delivery of national projects through 2030. These projects include the development of an AI-Capable Data Centre, the implementation of a National Sovereign Cloud with AI compute capabilities, and a Brunei-context National Large Language Model. The Co-Chairs of the Digital Brunei Council are Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister of Finance and Economy, and Yang Berhormat Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha, Minister of Transport and Infocommunications.