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The “background” of the investment, which amounts to one billion euros, Microsoft in Greece was revealed by the president of the US company.
Mr. Brad Smith in an interview with SKAI stated that the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the meeting of the two men in Davos was the one who insisted on the creation of a data center in Greece.
As he argued, the great value of the investment is not so much the amount of investment by the company as the opportunity that will be given to hundreds of thousands of people to develop digital skills over the next five years.
It is noted that today, in a post on Twitter, the president of the company had referred to his meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, stating that Microsoft’s move “reflects our optimism for the future of Greece and economic growth.”
“I think our investment today, which is by far the largest Microsoft has ever made in Greece, is a reflection of all of the above. It is a ‘vote of confidence’ in the Greek economy, in its forward-thinking government, in the country’s talent, in optimism for economic recovery and I think perhaps most importantly, in what we believe digital technology can do to activate all of these things, “underscored Mr. Smith.
As he described it: “We had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister in Davos. There were some things that interested us, we had already started to design an artificial intelligence application around culture, but the Prime Minister was clear: he said that all these things are good, but consider an investment in the Data Center. He is the one who really accelerated our thinking. I was here in February and we kept talking remotely with digital meetings, both in May and July and I knew he would be here again in October and we said to try to shut it all down. And I think it’s amazing that we succeeded. “
Referring to the size of the investment, the Microsoft president noted that the investment requires a very large capital commitment. It’s a great construction project that concerns the areas, buildings, computers, batteries, and everything else that you underlined.
“We are talking about investments of hundreds of millions of euros. We are adding other investments here, with the most important, I think, in terms of the impact it will have, the commitment to help hundreds of thousands of people develop digital skills over the next five So there are a lot of different parts to this investment and I think it’s important for people to think that we will invest a lot of money, but what matters is the impact that this investment will have.
I think it will make the IT experience more accessible. Things will run a lot faster. It will be safer and cheaper. “So if you want to, we are laying the groundwork for what we believe could be the means to breakthroughs that will improve people’s lives by creating jobs.”
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