PUSAT DATA: investasi Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Cisco dan Digital Realty Company di Yunani

Google - Data Centers

Sepanjang tahun 2022, Google telah memperkuat komitmennya di Yunani untuk mempercepat pembangunan yang berkelanjutan dan inklusif serta transformasi digital, yang semakin memperkuat dukungan substansialnya kepada negara tersebut. Dengan inisiatif strategis, dan dengan fokus pada manusia, perusahaan teknologi ini membuka babak penting baru di Yunani dengan pengumuman pembuatan Google Cloud Region pertama. Investasi yang sangat penting, yang menurut AlphaBeta Economics, akan menyumbang total $2,2 miliar ke PDB nasional pada tahun 2030, sekaligus mendukung penciptaan lebih dari 19.400 lapangan kerja. Pada saat yang sama, ia bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Pariwisata dan Dewan Dunia untuk Pariwisata Berkelanjutan untuk mempromosikan pariwisata berkelanjutan, ingin membantu bisnis pariwisata membuat strategi keberlanjutan dan mengomunikasikan tindakan lingkungan mereka secara efektif. Itu juga memperluas kolaborasinya dengan Deloitte untuk menciptakan Centers of Excellence, di Thessaloniki dan Patras, yang didedikasikan untuk keberlanjutan dan kecerdasan buatan, sementara Google.org mendanai INCO dan Impact Hub Athens dengan total 1 juta euro untuk mendukung bisnis sosial dari komunitas yang kurang terwakili, yang berfokus pada solusi berkelanjutan.

Microsoft - Data Centers

In 2022, Microsoft Hellas completed 30 years of uninterrupted operation in our country by further strengthening its activities, thereby opening up new prospects for digital development. In particular, the framework of its investment initiative "Gr for Growth", succeeded in including its plan for the creation of three data centers, in the status of Strategic Investments. In this phase, the licensing of the Project is progressing, with the 1st Strategic Environmental Impact Study which has been put up for public consultation. Microsoft's new infrastructures will accelerate the transition of the Greek public administration and the country's businesses to the cloud and will create new possibilities for sustainable digital development. At the same time, the company continues to invest in the country's people and talent, constantly empowering them with new digital knowledge. Aiming to offer 100.000 digital trainings and certifications by 2025, this year it made important partnerships with the aim of providing free training in modern digital skills for public administration officials, the unemployed seeking their reintegration into the labor market, professionals and new graduates. Finally, Microsoft continues, as it has pointed out, its effort to make Greek businesses even more competitive. In 2022, it entered into new strategic partnerships that facilitate the transition to the cloud of large enterprises, such as PPC and Piraeus Bank, and made available new customized solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, which receive a subsidy from the Recovery Fund to acquire digital tools and applications.

Layanan Web Amazon - Data Centers

The investment announced by Amazon Web Services to create a Local Zone in Athens is also in full swing, with Greece being among the first 26 countries outside the US where Local Zones will be created, creating extremely fast responses (latency) to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The project in Athens is expected to be completed within 2023. Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure that places computing power, data storage, databases, and other services closer to major urban, industrial, and technology centers. They allow AWS customers to develop applications that require very fast responses (latencies), below ten milliseconds, close to the end users. They thus ensure, as announced, a seamless experience for applications such as real-time gaming, multimedia and entertainment content creation, live video streaming, simulations, augmented and virtual reality applications, machine learning, etc. At the same time, since AWS manages and supports Local Zones itself, its customers do not bear the costs of building, operating, and maintaining corresponding infrastructure in different locations to support very fast applications. The new Local Zones will also enable companies in industries such as healthcare and financial services, as well as the wider public sector, to store and process data across borders. They can be used by customers who need to store their data locally and "run" specific applications in data centers on their premises, but at the same time wish to use AWS services and benefit from the very fast response times provided by Local Zones in such hybrid applications.

Cisco - Data Centers

Pada tahun 2022, Cisco mengumumkan bekerja sama dengan Galangan Kapal ONEX Neorion dan Wilayah Aegean Selatan tentang pembentukan Pusat Internasional kedua yang akan didirikan di tanah Yunani, kali ini di Cyclades. Ini adalah Pusat Internasional untuk Teknologi dan Inovasi Kelautan, yang telah bertempat di area seluas 600 sq.m. dalam lokasi galangan kapal Neorio di Syros. Pusat Inovasi Aegean Neorion akan menyediakan berbagai teknologi alat kepada perusahaan pelayaran untuk menyeimbangkan keberlanjutan ekonomi dan lingkungan mereka, sementara di area pelatihan yang dirancang khusus siswa akan dapat mengikuti kursus, memberi mereka alat pelatihan teknologi terbaru, sehingga memperoleh sertifikasi yang diperlukan yang akan membantu mereka mengatasi tuntutan pekerjaan yang selalu berubah. Pada saat yang sama, Cisco, melalui program pengembangan keterampilan digital global, Cisco Networking Academy, NetAcad, yang merupakan program terlama dengan lebih dari 3 juta lulusan telah mendapatkan pekerjaan, sejak tahun 2005 hingga saat ini, melanjutkan kehadirannya di Yunani, setelah sudah bekerja sama dengan Universitas Thessaly, Universitas Peloponnese, Universitas Piraeus di Departemen Sistem Digital dan Universitas Makedonia. Beberapa hari yang lalu, ia juga mengumumkan pemberian kursus pelatihan Keterampilan Digital gratis di sejumlah Kotamadya di wilayah Yunani. Dalam arah ini, Cisco, melalui Talent Bridge, telah membantu 33.000 siswa mendapatkan pekerjaan di seluruh dunia, dari tahun 2017 hingga saat ini. 2022 ditandai untuk Cisco, tahun pertama pengoperasian Pusat Internasional untuk Transformasi Digital dan Keterampilan Digital di Thessaloniki. Pusat ini dibuat dalam rangka program investasinya, Country Digital Acceleration, CDA, yang dilaksanakan di 43 negara. Ini adalah pusat inovasi multi-disiplin yang sejauh ini telah menyelenggarakan lebih dari 15 proyek, di mana lebih dari 200 orang telah bekerja, menciptakan ekosistem orang dan bisnis yang tumbuh di kota. Ekosistem ini telah mencatat lebih dari 1.200 jam pelatihan, menyelenggarakan lebih dari 150 acara, dan menyambut lebih dari 5.000 pengunjung. Selain itu, penandatanganan 17 perjanjian kerjasama dengan sederet instansi juga mencerminkan penetrasi ke dalam ekosistem kelembagaan.

Perusahaan Realitas Digital - Data Centers

Digital Realty Company, one of the leading cloud and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection providers, announced last week that it is expanding its presence in Athens, through the Lamda Hellix it has acquired, with the development of two new data centers . The first facility, ATH3, is currently under construction and is scheduled to be operational by March 2023. Upon completion, it is expected to be the largest data center in the country, capable of supporting up to 6.8 MW of capacity within of the 8.600 sq m facilities. The second facility, ATH-4, is expected to add an additional 6.8 MW of power when operational, which is expected in 2024. As both ATH-3 and ATH have been announced -4 are to be connected to Lamda Hellix's existing ATH-1 and ATH-2 facilities, offering customers access to dense and rapidly growing connected data communities established at these sites. Through PlatformDIGITAL®, Digital Realty's global data center platform, clients will be able to connect with the businesses that matter most across Digital Realty's global footprint of more than 300 data centers in 50 metros, across 27 countries in six continents. Combined with Digital Realty's expanded presence in Crete, where a new data center is being developed in Heraklion, ATH-3 and ATH-4 are set to form part of Digital Realty's broader vision to strengthen its presence in the Mediterranean region, as and Greece's position as a key strategic gateway to Eastern Europe and North Africa.

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