GAINING SUPPORT
GRONINGEN SEAPORTS NV
demand coming from the industry , one of the first companies to believe in the area and pioneered the way .
“ Most energy companies were scared at doing structured deals , so it was a different time . The other thing was asking fibre developers to join . Eurofiber were one of the first companies who said ‘ we actually believe this is going to work ’ and committed to new investments .”
GAINING SUPPORT
To gain further clout , the company appointed Deloitte to undertake an essential market analysis on the data port area . Finding Eemshaven to have future potential , Groningen Seaports also appointed specialists who worked specifically for technology companies , such as Microsoft , Google and Apple .
“ It ’ s a pretty strong story with a lot of partnerships , but these
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