{"id":1004070671,"date":"2013-04-15T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004070671"},"modified":"2020-04-15T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:49:17","slug":"google-expands-390m-data-center-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/google-expands-390m-data-center-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Expands $390M Data Center in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004070673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/google-expands-390m-data-center-in-belgium\/st-ghislain-data-center-belgium\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"St Ghislain data center Belgium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg?w=500\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1004070673\" title=\"St Ghislain data center Belgium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/04\/St-Ghislain-data-center-Belgium.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internet search giant Google has announced a $390 million (300 million Euro) investment in the expansion of its data center in Belgium. The infrastructure improvement project is expected to meet the company\u2019s growing demand for online services in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Located southwest of Brussels, near the towns of St. Ghislain and Mons, the facility became operational in 2010. The center currently employs 120 people, and with the additional funding, its staff will grow by another 200 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle\u2019s significant investment shows that Belgium is a key business destination, including for new technologies. Although we\u2019re going through difficult economic times, we keep attracting major investments from international companies,\u201d Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s initial investment in the project amounted to \u20ac250 million, the equivalent of approximately $327\u00a0million. It is now one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the world, using around 50 percent less energy than a typical facility of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>But why choose Belgium? According to <a href=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/topic\/datacenter\/google-adds-390-million-to-belgian-datacenter-bet\/\"><em>Slashdot<\/em><\/a>, Campos and Digital Realty\u2019s recent survey of North American datacenter operators indicated London and Paris as the most attractive European locations. Google, however, knows Belgium is the right choice for an expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSt. Ghislain has the right combination of energy infrastructure and developable land. The local authorities also have a strong vision for how the Internet can bring economic benefits and jobs to the area. The Digital Innovation Valley project has created a cluster of high-tech businesses and put technology at the heart of the education system. As a result, we had a great team of people supporting investment in the area who were very helpful during our site selection process,\u201d the company said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Belgian data center is the company\u2019s first to operate entirely without water chillers, using instead, an advanced evaporative cooling system that draws grey water from a nearby industrial canal. A 20,000-square-foot water treatment plant prepares the canal water for use in the facility. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" archives\/2013\/04\/10\/google-invests-300m-euros-to-expand-mega-efficient-belgium-facility\/\"><em>Data Center Knowledge<\/em><\/a> reports that the center\u2019s Power Usage Effectiveness is 1.11 over a 12-month average in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s other data centers catering to the European market are located in Ireland (Dublin) and Finland (Hamina).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet search giant Google has announced a $390 million investment in the expansion of its data center in Belgium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":1004070673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21748,16,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004070671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-industrial","category-international","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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