In September 2011, we announced that we had acquired 15 hectares of land in Changhua County, Taiwan, with plans to build one of our first data centers in Asia. In December 2013, we announced the opening of our facility, representing a total long-term investment of $600 million USD.

In early 2019, we announced a long term agreement to purchase the output of a 10-megawatt solar array (part of a larger solar farm) in Tainan City, Taiwan. The deal was a result of collaboration between Google, industry stakeholders, and the Taiwanese government.

We built this to be one of Asia’s most efficient and environmentally friendly data centers. Our cooling and thermal energy storage system cools water at night, when temperatures are lower, storing it in large insulated tanks. Then during the day, it’s pumped throughout the facility to cool our servers.

A team of Googlers keeps the site running, alongside a number of contractors in a variety of roles, from computer technicians to electrical and mechanical engineers to caterers.