[AP]
An Amazon team is heading to Cyprus next week to explore a pilot program for satellite internet, part of a wave of interest from some of the world’s biggest tech companies.
The news came during a press briefing on Friday, where deputy ministers Irene Piki and Nicodemos Damianou shared early results from President Nikos Christodoulides’ April 2025 investment trip to the US. The president, along with ministers and investment officials, visited New York, San Francisco, and Houston to pitch Cyprus as a hub for shipping, technology, and energy.
During the US trip, the delegation held 13 one-on-one meetings and two roundtables with tech giants including Amazon, Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, Tenstorrent, and Plug and Play.
Piki highlighted Nvidia’s plan to bring a supercomputer to Cyprus, expected to go live in June. The machine will boost national computing power for research and help during emergencies, like natural disasters.
Damianou noted the ongoing “Cloud First” competition, which will select a strategic partner for Cyprus’ new government cloud platform, “g-cloud,” with results expected by month’s end.