DATASENTER: investeringene til Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Cisco og Digital Realty Company i Hellas

Google - Data Centers

Gjennom 2022 har Google styrket sin forpliktelse i Hellas for å akselerere bærekraftig og inkluderende utvikling og digital transformasjon, og ytterligere intensivert sin betydelige støtte til landet. Med strategiske initiativ, og med fokus på mennesker, åpnet teknologiselskapet et nytt viktig kapittel i Hellas med kunngjøringen av opprettelsen av den første Google Cloud Region. En spesielt viktig investering, som ifølge AlphaBeta Economics vil bidra med totalt $2,2 milliarder til nasjonalt BNP innen 2030, samtidig som det støtter opp om å skape mer enn 19 400 arbeidsplasser. Samtidig samarbeidet han med turistdepartementet og World Council for Sustainable Tourism for å fremme bærekraftig turisme, og ønsket å hjelpe reiselivsbedrifter med å lage en strategi for bærekraft og effektivt kommunisere sine miljøhandlinger. Det utvidet også samarbeidet med Deloitte for å opprette Centers of Excellence, i Thessaloniki og Patras, dedikert til bærekraft og kunstig intelligens, mens Google.org finansierte INCO og Impact Hub Athen med totalt 1 million euro for å støtte sosiale virksomheter fra underrepresenterte lokalsamfunn, som fokuserer på bærekraftige løsninger.

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.

Amazon Web Services - 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

I 2022 kunngjorde Cisco i samarbeid med ONEX Neorion Shipyards og South Aegean Region opprettelsen av det andre internasjonale senteret som ble etablert på gresk jord, denne gangen i Kykladene. Dette er International Centre for Marine Technology and Innovation, som allerede har holdt til på et område på 600 kvm. i lokalene til Neorio-verftet i Syros. Aegean Neorion Innovation Centre vil tilby en rekke verktøyteknologier til rederier for å balansere deres økonomiske og miljømessige bærekraft, mens i et spesialdesignet opplæringsområde vil studentene kunne delta på kurs, og gi dem de nyeste teknologiske opplæringsverktøyene, slik at de får de nødvendige sertifiseringene som vil hjelpe dem med å takle de stadig skiftende arbeidskravene. Samtidig fortsetter Cisco, gjennom det globale programmet for utvikling av digitale ferdigheter, Cisco Networking Academy, NetAcad, som er det lengste løpende programmet med mer enn 3 millioner kandidater som har fått arbeid, siden 2005 og frem til i dag, sin tilstedeværelse i Hellas . allerede samarbeidet med University of Thessaly, University of Peloponnese, University of Pireus i Institutt for digitale systemer og University of Macedonia. For noen dager siden kunngjorde han også tilbudet av gratis kurs i digitale ferdigheter i en rekke kommuner i det greske territoriet. I denne retningen har Cisco, gjennom Talent-broen, hjulpet 33.000 studenter med å finne arbeid over hele verden, fra 2017 til i dag. 2022 markerte for Cisco, det første driftsåret for International Centre for Digital Transformation and Digital Skills i Thessaloniki. Dette senteret ble opprettet innenfor rammen av investeringsprogrammet Country Digital Acceleration, CDA, som er implementert i 43 land. Det er et tverrfaglig innovasjonsknutepunkt som så langt har vært vertskap for mer enn 15 prosjekter, der mer enn 200 mennesker har jobbet, og skapt et økosystem av mennesker og virksomheter som vokser i byen. Dette økosystemet har registrert over 1200 timer med trening, vært vertskap for over 150 arrangementer og tatt imot over 5000 besøkende. I tillegg reflekterer signeringen av 17 samarbeidsavtaler med en rekke byråer penetrasjonen i det institusjonelle økosystemet.

Digitalt eiendomsselskap - 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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