Google to build billion-dollar UK data centre

Google, owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), has started the construction of a new £789 million (US$1 billion) data centre in the UK, as announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The facility will be situated on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, which Google acquired in October 2020. The search engine giant emphasised that the data centre will accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) growth and ensure reliable digital services for Google Cloud customers and users in the UK. The heat gener ...