Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)-owned Google announced on Tuesday the opening of its data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, as part of a two-year £5B investment in the UK.
The company said that the data center will help meet growing demand for Google’s AI-powered services like Google Cloud, Workspace, Search, and Maps that people, businesses, and public organizations across the country use every day.
More than 250 companies worked on building the facility – the majority of them local.
The £5 billion investment includes Google’s capital expenditure, research and development, and related engineering over the next two years and encompasses Google DeepMind with its AI research in science and healthcare.
Google’s investment is projected to create 8,250 jobs annually at UK businesses, the company said.