Microsoft Investing €4.3 Billion In Italy For Europe's Largest DCs
Microsoft Investing €4.3 Billion In Italy For Europe's Largest DCs
According to Italian media reports, last week at the United Nations General Assembly held in New York, Meloni held individual meetings with the leaders of other major tech giants, including those from Alphabet Inc and OpenAI.Microsoft Corp is planning to invest €4.3 billion in Italy to develop infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based data centres.
微软公司计划在意大利投资43英镑，为人工智能（AI）和基于云的数据中心开发基础设施。
The announcement on Wednesday night came after a meeting in Rome between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and visiting Microsoft President Brad Smith.
周三晚间宣布这一消息之前，意大利总理乔治·梅洛尼与来访的微软总裁布拉德·史密斯在罗马会晤。
This investment, the largest ever for Microsoft in Italy, is expected to enhance the country's position as a digital hub in the Mediterranean. It dovetails with Italy's priorities to capitalise on the benefits of AI technologies during its presidency of the Group of Seven countries.
这项投资是微软在意大利有史以来最大的一笔投资，预计将提高该国作为地中海数字中心的地位。它与意大利在担任七国集团轮值主席国期间利用人工智能技术优势的优先事项相吻合。
According to Italian media reports, last week at the United Nations General Assembly held in New York, Meloni held individual meetings with the leaders of other major tech giants, including those from Alphabet Inc and OpenAI.
据意大利媒体报道，上周在纽约举行的联合国大会上，梅洛尼与其他主要科技巨头的领导人举行了个人会晤，包括来自Alphabet Inc和OpenAI的领导人。
Microsoft said the new data centres will be based in northern Italy's Milan, aiming to serve the entire Mediterranean region and North Africa markets. Once operational, they will rank among the largest Microsoft data centres in Europe.
微软表示，新的数据中心将设在意大利北部的米兰，旨在为整个地中海地区和北非市场提供服务。一旦投入运营，它们将跻身欧洲最大的微软数据中心之列。