Google has abandoned plans to build its own data centre in the greater Berlin region, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, reported dpa.
He said the US tech giant will not go ahead with a previously planned facility in Mittenwalde, about 30 kilometres south of Berlin.
Bremer said Google evaluates its data centre locations with a long-term view, considering a wide range of factors.
"Following a thorough review of feasibility, overall market developments, and our business priorities, we decided not to pursue the Mittenwalde site," he said.
But he said Google remains "committed to the Berlin-Brandenburg region and Germany."
In the Berlin region, Google currently rents space in data centres operated by third parties. In 2023, the company opened a large data centre in Hanau, near Frankfurt, where only one of three planned construction phases has so far been completed.
The Frankfurt region has become a hotspot for data centre construction, due in large part to its proximity to DE-CIX, one of the world’s largest internet exchange points. The hub allows operators to move vast amounts of data with minimal latency.
Google also owns two additional plots of land in the western Rhine-Main area that are available for future data centres.
The developments came as Google's rival, US software giant Oracle, said it plans to invest $2 billion in Germany over the next five years in order to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and cloud infrastructure.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
