Google to invest $390m in data center in Belgium
AP | HT Correspondent, Brussels
Apr 10, 2013 04:40 PM IST
Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center.
Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center.
Google Inc. said Wednesday it will upgrade the facility in Belgium to meet growing demand for its online services.
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The information underpinning Google's services _ Internet search requests, Gmail or YouTube _ is processed in industrial-scale data centers such as the Belgian plant in St. Ghislain southwest of Brussels.
Google says the center currently has some 120 employees and is one of the most energy-efficient facilities of its kind.
The company, based in Mountain View, California operates other data centers catering for the European market in Ireland and Finland.
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