DATA CENTERS: ang mga pamumuhunan ng Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Cisco at Digital Realty Company sa Greece

Google - Data Centers

Sa pamamagitan ng 2022, pinalakas ng Google ang pangako nito sa Greece na pabilisin ang sustainable at inclusive development at digital transformation, na higit pang magpapatindi sa malaking suporta nito sa bansa. Sa pamamagitan ng mga madiskarteng hakbangin, at may pagtuon sa mga tao, nagbukas ang kumpanya ng teknolohiya ng isang bagong mahalagang kabanata sa Greece sa pag-anunsyo ng paglikha ng unang Rehiyon ng Google Cloud. Isang partikular na mahalagang pamumuhunan, na, ayon sa AlphaBeta Economics, ay mag-aambag ng kabuuang $2,2 bilyon sa pambansang GDP pagsapit ng 2030, habang sinusuportahan ang paglikha ng higit sa 19,400 trabaho. Kasabay nito, nakipagtulungan siya sa Ministri ng Turismo at ng World Council for Sustainable Tourism upang itaguyod ang napapanatiling turismo, na gustong tulungan ang mga negosyo sa turismo na lumikha ng isang diskarte para sa pagpapanatili at epektibong ipaalam ang kanilang mga aksyon sa kapaligiran. Pinalawak din nito ang pakikipagtulungan sa Deloitte upang lumikha ng Centers of Excellence, sa Thessaloniki at Patras, na nakatuon sa sustainability at artificial intelligence, habang pinondohan ng Google.org ang INCO at Impact Hub Athens na may kabuuang 1 milyong euro upang suportahan ang mga social na negosyo mula sa mga komunidad na kulang sa representasyon, na nakatuon sa mga sustenableng solusyon.

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

Noong 2022, inihayag ng Cisco sa pakikipagtulungan sa ONEX Neorion Shipyards at South Aegean Region ang paglikha ng pangalawang International Center na itatatag sa lupain ng Greece, sa pagkakataong ito sa Cyclades. Ito ang International Center for Marine Technology and Innovation, na nakalagay na sa isang lugar na 600 sq.m. sa loob ng lugar ng Neorio shipyard sa Syros. Ang Aegean Neorion Innovation Center ay magbibigay ng isang hanay ng mga tool na teknolohiya sa mga kumpanya ng pagpapadala upang balansehin ang kanilang pang-ekonomiya at kapaligiran na pagpapanatili, habang sa isang espesyal na idinisenyong lugar ng pagsasanay, ang mga mag-aaral ay makakadalo sa mga kurso, na nagbibigay sa kanila ng pinakabagong mga tool sa pagsasanay sa teknolohiya, upang makakuha ng ang mga kinakailangang sertipikasyon na tutulong sa kanila na makayanan ang patuloy na pagbabago ng mga pangangailangan sa trabaho. Kasabay nito, ang Cisco, sa pamamagitan ng pandaigdigang digital skills development program, ang Cisco Networking Academy, NetAcad, na siyang pinakamatagal na tumatakbong programa na may higit sa 3 milyong mga nagtapos na nakahanap ng trabaho, mula noong 2005 hanggang ngayon, ay nagpapatuloy sa presensya nito sa Greece , pagkakaroon ng nakipagtulungan na sa Unibersidad ng Thessaly, Unibersidad ng Peloponnese, Unibersidad ng Piraeus sa Departamento ng Digital Systems at Unibersidad ng Macedonia. Ilang araw na ang nakalipas, inanunsyo din niya ang pagbibigay ng libreng mga kurso sa pagsasanay sa Digital Skills sa ilang Munisipyo sa teritoryo ng Greece. Sa direksyong ito, ang Cisco, sa pamamagitan ng Talent bridge, ay nakatulong sa 33.000 estudyante na makahanap ng trabaho sa buong mundo, mula 2017 hanggang ngayon. Ang 2022 ay minarkahan para sa Cisco, ang unang taon ng operasyon ng International Center for Digital Transformation at Digital Skills sa Thessaloniki. Ang Sentro na ito ay nilikha sa loob ng balangkas ng programang pamumuhunan nito na Country Digital Acceleration, CDA, na ipinatupad sa 43 bansa. Isa itong multi-disciplinary innovation hub na hanggang ngayon ay nagho-host ng higit sa 15 proyekto, kung saan mahigit 200 katao ang nagtrabaho, na lumilikha ng ecosystem ng mga tao at negosyo na lumalaki sa lungsod. Ang ecosystem na ito ay nakapagtala ng mahigit 1,200 oras ng pagsasanay, nagho-host ng higit sa 150 kaganapan at tinanggap ang mahigit 5,000 bisita. Bilang karagdagan, ang paglagda ng 17 kasunduan sa pakikipagtulungan sa isang serye ng mga ahensya ay sumasalamin din sa pagpasok sa institusyonal na ekosistema.

Digital Realty Company - 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.

(SOURCE: https://www.sofokleousin.gr/ )