Hey Kuwait! Google Cloud to open 3 data centers, train 3,000 people

Hey Kuwait! Google Cloud to open 3 data centers, train 3,000 people

By Ghadeer Ghloum & KUNA

KUWAIT: Three Google database and cloud service centers will be opened in different locations around Kuwait in support of the country’s digital transformation efforts, Google Cloud Kuwait announced. During Google Cloud’s media roundtable on Wednesday, the company also said a national training program will be launched to train 3,000 people from government organizations and higher education institutions in Kuwait on cloud computing. The program aims to train 1,000 government employees, 1,000 fresh graduates and 1,000 women in data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and security solutions in the first year of its inception.

Earlier on Wednesday, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received visiting Vice President of Google Cloud Vinton G Cerf and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. Welcoming the guests, HH the Crown Prince underlined Kuwait’s efforts towards digital and technological transformation as being a core pillar of carrying out its national vision, launching development projects based on sophisticated technology, developing national skills in line with the best practices of specialized international companies and creating promising job opportunities.

HH the Crown Prince also stressed Kuwait’s eagerness to forge partnerships in this regard in order to realize its ambitions of transformation into knowledge-based economy