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The proposed submarine power cable connecting Portugal and Morocco will proceed only if secured through private investment or European Union funding, according to the Portuguese Minister of Environment.
An analysis of the public or consumer costs associated with the funding and maintenance of data centres.
Home Business The Azores in the Center of the New Digital Atlantic The Azores in the Center of the New Digital Atlantic When we look at a map of Europe, the Azores seem far away. When we look at a map of the Atlantic, the opposite happens.
Portugal's geographical position and the arrival of new submarine links have established the country as a recipient of added value in international data routes. Telecommunications operators, subsea cables, and digital traffic exchange points agree with this assessment. However, this interdependence is still considered to be in its early stages. To retain value, the country requires data centres, energy, terrestrial networks, cloud infrastructure, computing power, and companies that exchange and process information locally. This evolution must also include artificial intelligence, which will increase the scale and urgency of this challenge.
The initiative aims to boost the country's technological infrastructure and AI development capabilities.
The German tech company DE-CIX believes that Europe should further standardise the fees charged to data centres. The CEO of the company, which specialises in internet exchange points, Ivo Ivanov, advocates for a model where taxes are assigned according to the energy and storage capacity of the facility, up to...
Portugal is positioned as a potential hub for data processing and intelligence within the European continent.
TelCables Europe, a subsidiary of the Angola Cables group, aims to generate €7 million in turnover in Portugal during its first years of operation. The strategy is based on rerouting global internet traffic and strengthening the Atlantic’s role in international connectivity.
The infrastructure sectors expected to attract the most private investment across Europe in 2026 are energy, digital, transport and social infrastructure, says global credit rating agency DBRS.
Construction of the second building of Start Campus's data centre in Sines, 'four times larger than the first', begins in February and will allow the 'development of the project' to accelerate, the company revealed today. 'The year 2026 will mark a significant acceleration in the development of the whole project, with the advance of the second ...'
This report is part of the 17th edition of ECO magazine. Leaving Lisbon for Sines after the night when more than 30,000 lightning strikes hit Portugal, amid sheets of rain, an orange weather warning and the unfinished IP8, requires boldness, some stubbornness and herculean driving skills. With no sign of it beforehand, upon arrival in ...
The European Startup Alliance (ESNA), chaired by Portugal from its headquarters in Lisbon, is beginning the transition to a different format that brings it closer to Brussels. The government plans to change the membership model to a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC)...
