Google Cloud to open office in El Salvador in seven-year partnership

FILE PHOTO: A screen with a Google Cloud logo is pictured during Google's presentation of a detailed investment plan for Germany outside the Google office in Berlin, Germany, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Google Cloud and the government of El Salvador announced a multi-year agreement on Tuesday that will establish an office and deliver Google Distributed Cloud services in the Central American country, Google Cloud said in a statement.

The seven-year strategic partnership, pending legislative approval, will focus on the areas of digital government, healthcare and education.

(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Isabel Woodford)