Greek firm Amaco partners with US energy giant for Sh194bn Mombasa data centre

Data centres are the main infrastructure powering AI by providing high computing power, specialised computer hardware, and the large storage needed to train and deploy complex language models.

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Greek multinational Amaco Energy Group has partnered with US energy equipment and services company, ​GE Vernova, to provide gas turbines for its proposed $1.5 billion (Sh194.2 billion) artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Mombasa.

The deal will see Amaco integrate GE Vernova gas turbines into the Greek firm’s power barge. A power barge is an unmotorised floating platform housing a power plant used to generate electricity for local or national grids.

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