In February 2018 Google broke ground on their $600 million datacenter in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It is located at the former Hemlock Semiconductor plant at 100 Solar Way.
Google acquired the site formerly owned by Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor in 2015, and is part of a trio of nine-digit corporate investments in Montgomery County that also includes Hankook Tire ($800 million in phase 1), and LG Electronics ($250 million planned in phase 1).
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.
October 29, 2026 Google
Google is considering a 1,200MW data center campus on about 1,000 acres in Goochland County, Virginia, the county confirmed on Oct. 28. The county's announcement named Google as the company behind a project that appeared in Virginia regulatory filings in July without an identified owner. Google...
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October 28, 2026 Oracle
Oracle will sell Google's Tensor Processing Units through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure under a deal the companies announced on Oct. 27. The agreement makes OCI the first hyperscale cloud platform outside Google to offer the chips, Google Cloud said. TPU capacity on OCI is scheduled to become...
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October 27, 2026 Google
Hermantown has moved its City Council vote on Google's proposed data center to Friday after protests shut down two meetings. The city scheduled the session for 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 with the same six resolutions from the canceled Oct. 27 agenda, according to a city press release. The resolutions...
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October 26, 2026 Google
Finland's Licensing and Supervision Authority has told Google subsidiary Tuike Finland to keep preparatory work at its Muhos and Kajaani data center sites suspended. The agency set an Oct. 23 deadline for felling, excavation, blasting and road building to stop at both sites, according to its...
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October 23, 2026 Google
Google will buy 1,070 MW of additional flexible capacity from Voltus in the PJM grid region. The companies announced the expansion of their Bring Your Own Capacity agreement on Oct. 22, adding 1,070 MW to the 100 MW they committed in June. Voltus aggregates flexible capacity from homes and...
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