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Published 18:00 IST, September 20th 2019

Google plans to invest 3bn Euros in Europe, expanding data centres

Google is planning to invest 3 billion Euros in Europe Copenhagen to expand its data centres across the continent in the next two years, revealed Sundar Pichai.

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Google is planning to invest three billion Euros in Europe Copenhagen to expand its data centres across the continent in the next two years, revealed Google CEO Sundar Picha on Friday. Pichai further said that it will bring the company's total investments in the continent's internet infrastructure to 15 billion euros since 2007. This decision was made after a meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister Antii Rinne on Friday. 

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Meeting with Finnish PM

The top boss of Google during the meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister, Antii Rinne on Friday in Helsinki said that the investments will support 13,000 full-time jobs in the European Union every year. He further stated that Google is investing heavily in renewable energy as an initiative announced ahead of global rallies calling for action to guard against climate change. Employees from Google and other big US tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft have planned to participate in the global climate strike on Friday.

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The Global Climate Strike 

According to the Global Climate Strike, people from over 150 countries are stepping up to support young climate strikers and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. The strike commenced on September 20 and will end on September 27. It is a result of the urgency of the climate crisis. 

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The Google project

According to Pichai, the Google project will include the construction of more than 1 billion euros in new energy infrastructure in the European Union (EU). Along with this, a new offshore wind project will be launched in Belgium. Further, it will include five solar energy projects in Denmark and two wind energy projects in each Sweden and Finland. There are also projects in the US and South America, stated reports. According to Pichai, once these projects come online, Google's carbon-free energy portfolio will produce more electricity than places like Washington DC or other countries like Lithuania or Uruguay use each year. 

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(With AP inputs)

16:54 IST, September 20th 2019