$600 Million Google Expansion

Google Announces $600 Million Expansion

Google has broken ground on an expansion of its Berkeley County Data Center at Mt. Holly Commerce Park. This represents an additional $600 million investment at the data center site, bringing Google’s total investment to over $1.2 billion.

The announcement aligns with Google’s goals to provide the best possible user experience. Then data center in Berkeley County houses computer systems and associated components that support services such as Google Search, Gmail, Google+, and YouTube. As demand for Google’s services increases, capacity must grow to meet this demand.

Google first announced plans for a South Carolina data center in 2007 and made an initial investment of $600 million to get the center up and running. In November of 2010, Google announced plans to construct a second building at the site, which is now serving traffic.

“Google is a world-class corporation impacting life and business in our ever changing technology-based society. The continued growth at the Berkeley campus is significant not only for Google, but serves as an endorsement of success to other industries that consider choosing to locate in our county and region,” said Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis.

Google operates some of the world’s most efficient data centers – their facilities consume 50 percent less energy than the typical data center. In 2007, Google made a voluntary commitment to become carbon neutral, and to reach this goal the company strives for efficiency and sustainable business practices. At the Berkeley County site, Google is experimenting with ways to collect stormwater and use it to cool the servers inside the data center.