Google’s parent company Alphabet has bought 70 hectares of land in
Noord-Holland province, which it may use to develop a new data centre, business
news agency Bloomberg said on Friday.
The company told Bloomberg it is still
considering what to do with the site, but that a decision will be made soon.
The location of the land was not given but it is thought to be close to
Amsterdam.
Google already has a major data centre in Eemshaven in the north of
Groningen and said earlier this year it would spend €500m to expand its
operations there.
In May, the Dutch Data Centre Association warned that the
shortage of electricity in areas where data centres are concentrated is
threatening the industry’s expansion in the Netherlands.
The situation is
particularly acute around Amsterdam ‘where expanding the electricity grid is no
longer possible,’ the association said.
The Netherlands needs to develop an
emergency plan or the country’s position as a ‘digital leader’ will be under
threat, DDA director Stijn Grove said.
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