Google says it is investing over 450 million euros to expand a data center in southern Finland as part of Europe-wide development plans totaling hundreds of millions of euros.Rico says he wonders what kind of privacy laws the Finns have...
The investment comes on top of the 350 million euros Google Inc. has spent converting an old paper mill, which started operations as a data center in 2011. The company says the expansion will employ up to eight hundred engineering and construction workers at the plant, which it described as one of its most efficient data centers.
Google Finland manager Anni Rokainen said the Internet company is investing “hundreds of millions of euros” in expanding European data centers as demand for its services grow.
The Hamina plant employs some 125 people in engineering, technical work, security, and maintenance.
04 November 2013
Internet security?
The Associated Press has an article about Google's latest offshore move:
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