14 + 3 investments that have been approved and will “run” in Greece, beyond Microsoft | HELLAS

Greece is preparing to “execute” 14 strategic investments, amounting to 1.8 billion euros, said government spokesman Stelios Petsas.

During the standard briefing, Mr. Petsas initially referred to the agreement between Greece and Microsoft for the large data center investment. As you know, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced this morning, speaking at the event at the Acropolis Museum with Microsoft President Brad Smith, a new major direct investment by the US technology giant in Greece, within the GR strategic cooperation program. for growth, “he specifically emphasized.

As Mr. Petsas said, “the added value of Microsoft’s investment is expected to reach one billion euros. This is an investment that is a vote of confidence in Greece. This investment refers to the installation in our country of a important part of the new technological infrastructure of the company that is related, among other things, with the activities of services in the cloud ”.

At this point, he referred to what the Prime Minister had previously emphasized, that is, “in just nine months and despite the clouds of the pandemic, we have arrived here: the birth of a significant, innovative investment of multilevel economic importance. and great social return “. This is an investment that came with the coordinated movements of senior executives.

The 14 strategic investments

Next, the Government spokesman recalled that “from last December to the end of September, the competent inter-ministerial commission has approved 14 strategic investments for a total of almost 1,800 million euros, while they have received a positive opinion and it is expected that are approved, another 3 new strategic investments for a total of 1,600 million euros. That is, a total of about 3,400 million euros, which together with the presidential decrees issued for the special plan for spatial development of strategic investments and permits of construction and installation issued constitute a total amount of strategic investments that reaches 5,000 million euros ”.

Petsas said that these 14 + 3 investments “constitute a subset of 43 investment projects with a total value of 13,400 million euros and demonstrate that the government, despite the external challenges it faces, remains firm and with an intensive pace of reforms “.

According to the document published by Stelios Petsas, the Interministerial Committee for Strategic Investments has approved the following 14 investment plans, with a total value of 1,794 million euros:

1. Project “NOVAL PROPERTY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SOCIETE ANONYME” of the VIOHALKO group, “Development of a complex tourist, cultural, congress, medical, commercial, business and investment pole with cost E”
2. COSTA NOPIA project of the company Cretan Sun and Sea Developments SA, member of the LEPTOS Group of Companies, Kissamos, Chania Prefecture. “Promotion of Tourist and Vacation Complex”, with an investment cost of 303 million euros.
3. Project “Electricity generation through the development of photovoltaic and wind farms with a total capacity of 177mw” of the NOTIAS – EAST PV AND CO. Consortium, with an investment cost of 214 million euros.
4. Project of the company “CONSORCIO ENERGÍA SOLAR”, refers to an investment plan for the “Development, Construction and Operation of a cluster of Photovoltaic Stations with a total capacity of 284 MW”, with an investment cost of 172 million euros .
5. “Development of a shopping and leisure center in the transformation of Attica” by the company “Panita Ltd”, with an investment cost of 93.4 million euros.
6. Project “Development of a Tourist Accommodation Complex – CAPE THOLOS” of the company “SA de Empresas Turisticas SA SA, Maris Hotels, Municipality of Ierapetra, N Lassithi, with an investment cost of 150 million euros.
7. “CREATION OF A SPORTS PORT IN THE VLYCHOS LOCATION ON THE ISLAND OF LEFKADA” Joint project of the Lefkada City Council and the Lefkada Port Fund, with an investment cost of 70 million euros.
8. Project “ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPOSITE TOURIST ACCOMMODATION IN THE KOUMBARA – DIAKOFTO AREA & ESTABLISHMENT OF A 5 * HOTEL AND TOURIST RESIDENCES IN 105 AZ, TAZAOU
9. Project “CONSTRUCTION HOTEL BOUTIQUE 5 * AND VACATION HOMES IN THE PIKRI NERO AREA, ISLAND OF IOS, PREFECTURE OF CYCLADES” of the company NERO SA., With an investment cost of 45 million euros
10. Project “ESTABLISHMENT OF 2 COMPLEX TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS AND TOURIST RESIDENCES IN THE WIDEST AREA PAPAS – LOUKAS – MANOUSOU – PETI – HAMOUCHADES, with cost LOS
11. Project “VARKO” of the company RND INVESTMENTS GRECIA Individual IKE., With an investment cost of 107.5 million euros.
12. Project “ARCADIA” of the company “EMPRESAS TURÍSTICAS Y HOTELERAS KILLINI SA”, with an investment cost of 240 million euros.
13. Project “SWEEPSTAKES -FAIRMONT” of the company “SOCIEDAD DE CAPITAL PRIVADO DE DESARROLLO DE MULBERRY BLANCO”, investment cost, with investment cost of 104 million euros.
14. Project “CREATE NEW VEGETABLE TISSUE PAPER Private Land STA INOFYTA VIOTIA” the investment entity with the name “INTERTRADE HELLAS INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION-ion PAPER SA”, with an investment cost of 46.1 million Euro

Likewise, the approval of the Interministerial Committee for Strategic Investments is expected of the following (3) projects, for a total value of 1,600 million euros:

1. Development of RES (photovoltaic) projects of power 1.48 GW of the company EGNATIA SA.
2. “DEVELOPMENT 18 ASPIE OF TOTAL POWER 360MW IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KARYSTOS, PE EVIA” by TERNA ENERGIAKI SA
3. “Creation of five (5) Wind Investments with a capacity of 120.3 MW” from the company “KAMARIDIS GLOBAL WIRE SA”.