Google is building a data center in Taiwan to meet the rapidly growing online demand in Asia. It’s the third in the region after Hong Kong and Singapore.
A 15-hectare (37-acre) site in Changhua, central Taiwan, will be five times larger than locations already being developed in Singapore and Hong Kong.Spending on all three centers will be more than US$700 million.
Daniel Alegre, Google’s Asian-Pacific president, said at a ceremony that the infrastructure investment was meant to help the company meet the great potential of Internet use in Asia.
“More new Internet users are coming online everyday here in Asia than anywhere else in the world,” he said. “They are looking for information and entertainment, new business opportunities and better ways to connect with friends and family.”
Google–along with other Internet companies like eBay also expanding in Asia.
Google has six data centers across the U.S., one in Finland and one in Belgium.
