After already being seen to be as the favourites, iCity have now been confirmed as the preferred bidder media centre developer.

Olympics media center to turn into cloud centre

The tech firm produced a bidding programme to development the Olympic media centre site into a datacentre. The tendering process had seen a runner-up pull out of the process, citing a process skewed towards iCity.

The iCity contract would see the creation of a datacentre, digital educational facilities and media studios, with a expected 6,500 jobs created.

Gavin Poole, CEO of iCity, said: “iCity will provide a sustainable legacy for the local community through the creation of thousands of jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities".