On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it has launched a new cloud service “region” in central Poland. The new facility will be the first large-scale data storage and processing center of its kind in Eastern and Central Europe.
An element of Microsoft’s $1 billion plan to transform the IT landscape in Poland, the cloud region will be physically set up in three different physical locations around Warsaw.
The new region will accelerate the economy’s digitization, while strengthening data security and network resiliency by providing businesses with fast and reliable access to cloud services, according to a statement by Microsoft.
Microsoft’s president for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Ralph Haupter, and the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki made the announcement of the launch while at the European Economic Congress in Katowice, in southern Poland.
Emphasizing how Microsoft’s new state of the art service enhances cybersecurity, Morawieki said, “The war in Ukraine has made us all acutely aware how very important cybersecurity is and protection against the flood of fake news and propaganda tricks that Russia excels in.”
There will be at least one data storage and processing center located at each of the three physical locations, and it will be built to meet the restrictive regulations on data storage maintained by Poland’s government. Poland maintains among the greatest IT presences in its public sphere, with many services of the government available through mobile devices or on the internet.
In a statement, Microsoft said that the new datacenter region is being created, “in response to growing demand for high-performance computing and fast and reliable access to Microsoft Cloud services.”
Morawieki emphasized the new data storage and processing centers demonstrated the confidence the investors have in Poland, after a 30 year presence in the country.
In a statement, Microsoft called the new data region, a “commitment to continue to support the country’s technological development of society, business and the economy.”
