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Google announces the creation of a data center in the UK To meet the increasing demand for AI

2024-01-25 03:06:04

Google has announced plans to invest $1 billion in data centers in the UK to support and meet the growing demand for AI and cloud services on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross. S It will support AI innovation and provide trusted digital services for Google Cloud customers and consumers using products like Search, Maps, and YouTube.

Ruth Porat, President, and Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet, said data centers “represent our latest investment in the UK and the wider digital economy”, which can build on previous investments such as Saint Giles and Kings Cross offices, a multi-year research deal with Cambridge and Southern Cable. The Grace Hopper Sea connects the UK with the USA and Spain.

Porat said such facilities would “Help meet the growing demand for our AI and cloud services. and brings critical processing capabilities to businesses across the UK. while creating construction and technical jobs for local communities.” As a pioneer in computing infrastructure, Google operates some of the world's most efficient data centers and is committed to powering those centers with carbon-free energy. All of the time by 2030

In addition to offices, data centers, and undersea cables, Google has provided digital skills training to over a million Brits. and expand the AI-focused Digital Garage curriculum to capitalize on the demand for this technology.

Google's announcement comes after Microsoft confirmed a £2.5 billion data center in the UK last November. After overcoming regulatory obstacles for Activision Blizzard's £55 billion acquisition

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: “The UK is a European tech hub with an ecosystem worth more than Germany and France combined. And this investment is another vote of confidence in us as a science superpower.”