Google will build a data center in Finland
On Thursday, it became known that Google bought the paper plant in the small Finnish town of Summa. The building was bought for almost nothing - about 40 million euros.
Analysts immediately suggested that Google will adapt the building to a new data center. This information was later confirmed by Google representatives. The news is especially pleasant in light of the fact that, amid the crisis, Google is suspending the construction of new data centers in the US (for example, construction in Oklahoma is now frozen). However, as we see, European expansion is among the priorities, so here Google continues to buy real estate. In November, another large piece of land was bought on a farm in Austria.
In successful years, the paper plant in Summa distributed up to 500,000 tons of newsprint and magazine paper and consumed up to 1000 GWh of electricity. After 53 years of operation, the plant was closed in January 2008 due to the decline in print press circulation, to which, by the way, Google also had a hand, so the deal is very symbolic.
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Google traditionally hides information about its data centers and often registers them with dummy companies (Lapis LLC, Tetra LLC, etc.). Based on the analysis of network identifiers, the company uses up to 12 data centers in Europe, including one in Moscow. The largest is the information hub in Groningen-Emshaven, Holland ( map , photos ).
Analysts immediately suggested that Google will adapt the building to a new data center. This information was later confirmed by Google representatives. The news is especially pleasant in light of the fact that, amid the crisis, Google is suspending the construction of new data centers in the US (for example, construction in Oklahoma is now frozen). However, as we see, European expansion is among the priorities, so here Google continues to buy real estate. In November, another large piece of land was bought on a farm in Austria.
In successful years, the paper plant in Summa distributed up to 500,000 tons of newsprint and magazine paper and consumed up to 1000 GWh of electricity. After 53 years of operation, the plant was closed in January 2008 due to the decline in print press circulation, to which, by the way, Google also had a hand, so the deal is very symbolic.
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Google traditionally hides information about its data centers and often registers them with dummy companies (Lapis LLC, Tetra LLC, etc.). Based on the analysis of network identifiers, the company uses up to 12 data centers in Europe, including one in Moscow. The largest is the information hub in Groningen-Emshaven, Holland ( map , photos ).
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/52078/
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