Google invests $640 million in new data centre in Netherlands


FILE PHOTO The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024 an annual consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas Nevada U.S. January 10 2024. REUTERSSteve MarcusFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Marcus//File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Alphabet-owned Google is investing 600 million euros ($640.62 million) in a new data centre in the Dutch city of Groningen, it said on Tuesday, adding the investment will create 125 new jobs.

Since 2014, Google has invested more than €3.8 billion in data centres and related digital infrastructure in the Netherlands.

It said it would give priority to sustainability and a positive impact on the local community while building the new data centre.

($1 = 0.9366 euros)

(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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