09 July 2019

A Huge Slew of News For Data Centers: One Delayed Due To Planning Quagmire

From Data Economy.com 
By Abigail Opiah 
Published: 11:35, 9 July, 2019 
Updated: 11:35, 9 July, 2019
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Google breaks grounds on data centre facility in Nevada as part of $13bn U.S. investment
By Abigail Opiah Published: 11:11, 2 July, 2019 Updated: 11:11, 2 July, 2019
At Google’s groundbreaking event in Henderson, Nevada, the company marked the start of construction on its new Google data centre facility.
The ceremony was attended by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Senator Jacky Rosen, Representative Susie Lee, and Governor Steve Sisolak who spoke about how Google continues to invest in the state by bringing tech jobs to the area, giving local non-profits access to over $1m in funding, and providing additional support for small and large businesses in the state.  
 Google outlined plans for a $13bn splurge on new data centres and offices across the US             
The tech giants revealed that its investments will expand the company’s footprint in the southwestern U.S., which will also create more jobs in the area
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is back with a new infrastructure investment in the state of Nevada, as the company announces a new data centre and Google Cloud region in Las Vegas.
In total, Google has invested $47bn in CAPEX between 2016 and 2018, which includes investments in the company’s infrastructure.
The company announced earlier this year that it is set to invest another $13bn in the U.S. alone, including this investment in Nevada.
Globally, Google operates data centres in sixteen locations, and Google Cloud customers are served by 20 cloud regions and 61 availability zones around the world.
Once complete, Google’s new site in Nevada will be part of its worldwide network of data centre hubs. . .
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