Google To Invest Over $850M In Second Latin American Data Center Amid Global Expansion Efforts
Google To Invest Over $850M In Second Latin American Data Center Amid Global Expansion Efforts
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., announced on Thursday its plans to open a second data center in Latin America, specifically in Canelones, Uruguay.
谷歌，alphabet inc子公司，周四宣布计划在拉丁美洲开设第二个数据中心，具体位于乌拉圭坎洛内斯。
What Happened: The company will invest more than $850 million in this new facility. Google first entered the Latin American data center market in 2015 with a facility in Quilicura, near Santiago, Chile.
该公司将在这个新设施中投资超过8500万美元。谷歌于2015年首次进入拉丁美洲数据中心市场，在智利圣地亚哥附近的Quilicura建设了一个设施。
"We hope our new data center in Canelones will be a significant contribution to the professional and technological development of Uruguay and the entire region," Google said in a blog post.
“我们希望我们在坎洛内斯的新数据中心将为乌拉圭和整个地域的专业和技术发展做出重要贡献，”谷歌在一篇博客文章中表示。
In May, Google announced a $3 billion investment for a data center campus in Indiana and expansion in Virginia, along with a $2 billion investment in Malaysia for its first data center and Google Cloud region in the country.
今年5月，谷歌宣布将在印第安纳州投资30亿美元用于一个数据中心园区，并在弗吉尼亚进行扩张，以及在马来西亚投资20亿美元，建设该国首个数据中心和谷歌云区域。
In June, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $2.3 billion investment in Ohio's data centers, further solidifying the state's position as a burgeoning tech hub.
今年6月，谷歌首席执行官桑达尔·皮查伊宣布将在俄亥俄州的数据中心投资23亿美元，进一步巩固该州作为新兴科技中心的地位。
Why It Matters: The global data center market is experiencing rapid growth, driven by the increasing demand for cloud services and artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to Taz Koujalgi, managing director and equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities, cloud security remains in its early stages despite the swift adoption of these services.
这对于全球数据中心市场至关重要，该市场正在快速增长，这得益于对云服务和人工智能基础设施的需求不断增加。根据Wedbush Securities的董事总经理兼股票研究分析师塔兹·库加尔吉的说法，尽管这些服务得到了迅速采纳，但云安全仍处于早期阶段。
China has also reportedly made significant investments in data centers, committing over $6 billion following the U.S. semiconductor embargo. This move underscores the strategic importance of data centers in the global tech landscape.
据报道，中国也在数据中心方面进行了重大投资，在美国半导体禁运之后，投资超过60亿美元。这一举措凸显了数据中心在全球科技格局中的战略重要性。
Additionally, innovations in data center technology, such as those by Sustainable Metal Cloud, are making these facilities more efficient. Their technology, which reduces energy consumption by up to 50%, is crucial as the demand for high-density GPU hosting increases.
此外，可持续金属云等数据中心技术创新使这些设施更加高效。他们的技术可将能源消耗降低50%，这对于高密度GPU托管服务的需求增长至关重要。