Google begins to take positions in Zaragoza. The technology company had already shown interest in the Aragonese city last June in a first contact with the Zaragoza City Council within the framework of the South Summit in Madrid.
And, now, Google goes one step further with the signing of a understanding agreement with the Zaragoza town hall for which it is going to collaborate in the next two years in a series of projects related to the company’s latest technology that is not even on the market yet and that is related, above all, to artificial intelligence (AI) and the Big Data.
The lines of collaboration are articulated in several axes. One of them will allow progress in the digital transformation of Zaragoza. Within this framework, Google will carry out a city roof analysis project in order to detect and x-ray in 3D the best areas facing a greater energy useeither. An initiative that has already been carried out in other cities within the project Rooftop Solar Potential as is the case of Mexico, Houston, London or Yokohama.
At the moment, there is no scheduled date for this line of work to begin in the city, given that now, after signing the agreement, A working group will be created and a schedule will be set. However, everything is expected to start quickly and already in the next semester results are obtained.
The agreement will also allow Zaragoza is part of the Google networking networkapart from being one of the cities chosen by the technology company to deploy its solutions and test its products. Other capitals of countries such as Korea, the United States and Japan are already in this network.
“It will allow us to attract talent and promote the city” not only in Europe, but globally,” explained the mayor of Zaragoza, Natalia Chueca, during the presentation of the agreement, which she highlighted its value for having here. of technology that Google has not yet released for sale.
“It will allow us to lead the model in Europe and make a leap worldwide,” he added, in addition to once again emphasizing that the technology company thus recognizes Zaragoza as one of the cities most open to technological development.
The lines of work within this agreement pass through the training in order to have professionals trained in response to the arrival of technology companies and data centers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft and the possibility of attracting new investments in the technological field to the Aragonese community, for which professionals with training in AI, among other profiles.
Along these lines, the center of Ethiopiain Zaragoza, is expected to be one of the biggest beneficiaries with the introduction of training people not only for the workplace, but also for the adaptation and knowledge of new technology solutions.
And, although the agreement is valid for two years, More collaborations with Google are not ruled out. In fact, it is not ruled out that the company, according to the mayor, may have some point in Zaragoza in the technology park in which work is being done or within the technological hub that Aragón wants to become, among other possibilities.
“We are talking to Google about future possibilities“said Chueca, who clarified that this agreement with the technology company “has nothing to do with Blackstone, Amazon Web Services or Microsoft, but they all contribute to a technological hub and they all collaborate in the training of people in technological training. “.
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