Google will invest 600 million euros to construct a new data centre on the industrial estate Westpoort in Groningen. This will be the tech company’s fourth data centre in the Netherlands, and the company reported that it has invested around 3.8 billion euros in the Netherlands thus far.
Google already has a data centre at Eemshaven in Groningen. There are auxiliary facilities at Winschoten and in the west of the city. These complexes are known for using a relatively high amount of electricity.
The company said the new data center is necessary to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services. “We invest in local projects for green energy, which means we can bring green energy to the local power grid,” the American tech company stated.
“Organizations and governments in the Netherlands are increasingly moving to the cloud. Cloud computing usage has almost doubled in the Netherlands in the last five years. The rise in demand is why Google is investing in digital infrastructure, which helps expand everybody’s access to information,” a press release stated.