Microsoft takes preliminary steps to establish a data center in Turkey

Microsoft Turkey’s new General Manager Levent Özbilgin said that their biggest goal is to unleash the true potential of their customers and Turkey in the field of technology. He stated that Microsoft is not only engaged in sales in Turkey; by investing in Turkey, Microsoft wants to become a growing organization along with Turkey. Özbilgin said: “We will convince everyone to Turkey’s technology power.” and added:

To contribute the growth of Turkey with technology and creating added value actually means to persuade Turkey to technology. In other words, we want to convince everyone of the power of technology and its potential here, not with what we say, but with what we do. Whether it is called the cloud, hyper-scale, cybersecurity, 5G or whatever. We need to be a country that builds its own local power on top of the technological solutions brought by global technology companies and adds strength to its competitive power with technology. For this, we must strengthen our technology muscles in every field. For this, we will focus on 5 fields.”

“When will Microsoft establish a data center in Turkey?” is one of the most frequently asked questions to Microsoft officials. Naturally, this question also arose at the press conference held by Levent Özbilgin and he gave the following information:

“To change, to develop, to transform. These have always been among the basic concepts of the technology world. However, we have never experienced such a big and rapid change in such a short time. Especially with the impact of the pandemic, we changed almost instantly and permanently. We download technology from inaccessible shelves; we make it available to everyone. In summary, we have a long way ahead of us. However, our hand is just as strong. I believe that the unique potential of our country is an invaluable gem for the future of technology. With the rise of internet connectivity, mobile line usage and digital skills in growing markets, cloud and artificial intelligence issues are starting to move faster. Last year alone, Microsoft opened 4 new data centers in the Middle East and Africa. In addition to this, in Turkey, the Microsoft Technology Center, in Kenya and Nigeria, the Development Centers were established, giving more people access to online tools and supporting local innovation. I would like to say that we are constantly exchanging ideas with our stakeholders regarding the the potential foreign investment in Turkey in case of the establishment of a data center here. Institutions that want to increase their technology power and reach a certain level of maturity in the digital transformation age; they must rapidly adopt new technologies and develop their own digital capacity and competencies. In this context, we are working hard to adopt and use new technologies in production, retail, finance, telecom and public sectors. We are working on expanding hyper-scale cloud usage by certain institutions in the financial sector. We will bring our investment funds in our cloud infrastructure solutions such as Azure to everyone. On the public side, our joint work and negotiations are continuing, especially with the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Industry, for the safe use of digital transformation in the state and to strengthen the domestic software ecosystem. On the telecom side, we aim to make a difference with the power of 5G.”