Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday attended the founding ceremony for the data centre campus of the French company Data4 in Peania. In his greeting, the prime minister said that this particular investment is “a very good example of the way in which the perception of this government has changed the image of the country. We are now a country that is friendly to foreign investments. This is demonstrated not only by Data4’s investment but overall by the increased number of investments planned in our country.”
Mitsotakis presented Greece’s qualititave advantages in attracting data centres, while he also focused on the creation of ecosystems around the field of artificial intelligence in Greece, which “has multiplier benefits in terms of the attractiveness of our country to approach such investments as a whole. Because each such investment attracts engineers, experts in the management of algorithms, technical experts”.
On her part, the French ambassador Laurence Auer noted that the campus is the newest milestone for Greek-French relations, demonstrating the significant progress of the Greek economy in recent years, as well as its potential in advanced technologies. He added that the Peania campus is the new space of a French company famous for its dynamism, its interest in European markets, its search for technological innovation and its attention to the environment.
The project in Peania envisages the construction of two state-of-the-art data centres – the first of which should be commissioned in 2027 – with a possible expansion to a total of four data centres. The total investment for the first two centres is estimated to reach 300 million euros, with the possible creation of around 500 permanent skilled jobs.
“The campus is one of the most important French investments in Greece, in a future-oriented sector. It highlights the dynamism of the technology industry in both France and Greece and represents a testament to Greece’s economic attractiveness – as its growth prospects rank among the best in the euro area for 2024 and beyond. This investment is also an example of the high level of bilateral relations between our two countries,” underlined Auer.
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
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