BENGALURU Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday that it will open its second data centre in Latin America in the Uruguayan city of Canelones, and invest more than US$850 million in it.

Google opened its first data centre in Latin America in Quilicura, which is near Santiago, the capital city of Chile, in 2015. It invested an initial amount of US$150 million in the data centre and spent an additional US$140 million in 2018 for expansion.

“We hope our new data centre in Canelones will be a significant contribution to the professional and technological development of Uruguay and the entire region,” Google said in a blog post.

Reuters reported on Thursday that Google is considering building a “hyperscale” data centre close to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and that the centre would be ready in 2027.

In April, Google announced a US$3 billion investment to set up a data centre campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia. Google also said in May that it will invest US$2 billion in Malaysia to develop its first data centre and Google Cloud region in the country. 

  - Reuters