Google will invest an additional $ 3 billion in data centers in Europe

In a recent speech in Finland, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he would approve huge sums of money, amounting to more than $ 3 billion, for the expansion of investments and modernization of facilities for Important corporate data centers in Europe.

In addition, the upcoming investment plan will also include an additional amount of 600 million euros 'poured' directly into the Hamina data center in Finland, bringing the total investment in this data center to children. € 2 billion, Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne said at a joint news conference with Google.

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Google CEO Google Sundar and Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne

The decision by Google to spend heavily on Hamina data center is essential to serve long-term plans in the future. Previously, in 2009, Google spent 800 million euros to buy the entire old land area previously owned by the Finnish Stora Enso paper mill, and then reverted its use to a Hamina data center. . However, the data center is expected to be difficult to meet demand in the next few years, and the amount of 600 million euros will be used to build a new data center also located on the Hamina campus.

Due to its relatively convenient location, close to the Russian border and quite near the Gulf of Finland. Google will utilize seawater to cool the Hamina data center to save money. This will be a model to test the sustainability and energy efficiency of all other Google data centers around the world, as well as minimize the negative impact on the environment.

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Google's Hamina data center in Finland

Going back to the statement of CEO Sundar Pichai, the above plan, if implemented, will increase the total investment of Mountain View giant in Internet infrastructure in Europe since 2007 to 15 billion euros, simultaneously creating over 13,000 full-time jobs each year.

According to statistics, Google currently holds 25% of the need to use the Internet connection worldwide. In cloud computing, they are also one of the market leaders with a large customer base, and data center is an indispensable component of cloud computing.

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Data center is an indispensable component of cloud computing.

Some of Google's other major data centers in Europe, which are located in the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium, are also expected to receive commensurate investments.