The flagship project of this pillar is the creation of the smart marina. This includes attracting visitors as well as digital nomads for long-term or permanent settlement.
The second pillar is related to the upgrading of the quality of life on the island, especially for permanent residents, through the effective improvement of health and emergency services, communication, transactions, and transport among other things.įinally, increasing tourist traffic to Naxos and the Small Cyclades is the third pillar. The first of these is sustainability, which involves the reduction of energy and environmental burden of the island from the daily activity of locals and tourists. The philosophy of the “Naxos, Smart Island” plan is broken down into three pillars. Moreover, the operation of most of the planned smart actions on Naxos is based on the services and know-how of AWS, especially in cloud computing technology. Temple of goddess Demeter, Sangri, Naxos Island. The process is extremely sensitive but also fundamental in terms of the further implementation of the project. The Greek department of Amazon Web Services (AWS) took over the investigation of the implementation prospects, and its staff has now already completed the design of the architecture for the entire project. The original idea to turn Naxos into a smart island was discussed during the informal meeting between Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos on Antiparos in 2021. The philosophy behind ”Naxos, Smart Island” This will include the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Ministry of Development and Investment, and the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy as well as the local governments of the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Naxos. Public bodies will also be involved as partners in project implementation. The entire project “Naxos, Smart Island” is based on technical infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services, which has undertaken the coordination of numerous other companies, including both Greek and multinational startups.
Amazon will use drones of Greek design and manufactureĭuring the presentation, Amazon will present solutions for “smart” management of the island’s marinas, applications for the distribution of goods via drones on the Aegean islands, telemedicine applications, and high connectivity applications. This idea is none other than Amazon turning one of the Greek Aegean islands into a “smart” island. On Tuesday afternoon, the company, in the presence of the country’s political actors, landed on Naxos in order to present the implementation of an idea proposed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Amazon’s main shareholder, Jeff Bezos, during their meeting in Antiparos in the summer of 2021. Credit: Manfred Werner/ wikimedia commons cc-by-sa4.0Īmazon aspires to create the first “smart” island hub on Naxos, Greece as part of the “Naxos, Smart Island” project, a bundle of seventeen different actions all related to modern digital technology. Amazon to Create Smart Island Hub on Naxos, Greece.
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