Google sets up first cloud region in Greece
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is setting up its first cloud region in Greece - a plan that's expected to contribute about â¬2.2B to Greece's economic output, and create 20,000 jobs by 2030.
The cloud region (a configuration usually based around a cluster of data centers) will offer storage and cloud services for Google customers.

It also marks Google's work to keep up with cloud rivals on worldwide expansion: Microsoft (MSFT) elected to build a data center hub in Greece a couple of years ago, and Amazon.com's (AMZN) cloud unit opened its first office in the country last year.
The move was touted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has been working since taking office in 2019 to draw high-tech investment to the recovering country's economy.