Google invests in second Latin American data centre in Uruguay
Uruguay’s Canelones will soon host Google’s second Latin American data centre, part of the company’s broader investment in global data processing and cloud services.
Google will establish its second data centre in Latin America in Canelones, Uruguay, investing more than $850 million in the project. The investment comes after the success of Google’s first Latin American data centre, which was opened in Quilicura, Chile, in 2015 and later expanded.
The tech giant expressed hopes that the new facility will significantly contribute to the professional and technological development of both Uruguay and the wider region. The new investment reinforces Google’s ongoing commitment to expanding its global data infrastructure.
In addition to the Canelones centre, Google is reportedly planning a ‘hyperscale’ data centre in Vietnam, which is expected to be operational by 2027. The company has also announced major investments in other regions, including $3 billion for a data centre campus in Indiana, the USA, and $2 billion to establish its first data centre and Google Cloud region in Malaysia.
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