HELSINKI Helsinki: The Finnish government announced Thursday that Google has acquired land worth 27 million euros (28.5 million US dollars) in Finland to expand its data center operations. Paas has been authorized to sell about 1,400 hectares of land in Paas, a northeastern city that serves as a major hub for data center activities. The government noted in its press release that land transactions of this size are rare in Finland.
According to the release, Google has been operating data centers in Finland since 2011, and currently employs approximately 400 full-time employees at its campus in Hamina. In Finland, Google established a data center in Finland in 2009, located about 145 km east of the country's capital, Helsinki. Built its first data center in Hamina. In May this year, the US tech giant announced a new investment of 1 billion euros to expand its Hamina campus, which is expected to create more jobs over the next two years according to local media reports. (1 euro = 1.06 US dollars).
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