Google is investing another $1 billion into its massive data center south of Council Bluffs.
Joe Kava, vice president of global data centers at Google, said he counted nine cranes at work Tuesday on an expansion of the complex on Bunge Avenue. The facility — along with a smaller site near Lake Manawa — will become among the largest data centers anywhere.
"Data centers like this one are truly critical for cloud and artificial intelligence," Joe Kava, vice president of global data centers at Google, said Tuesday in Council Bluffs. "This will be one of the world's largest data center campuses."
Google has previously invested more than $5.5 billion in Iowa since 2007, including generating more than $1.8 billion of economic activity for tens of thousands of businesses, nonprofits and others, according to a news release.
The data centers in Council Bluffs support core Google services, including its search, maps and cloud software. The company said the continued growth supports, among other offers, its innovation in artificial intelligence.
“As we continue to develop and deploy AI solutions across our products, particularly within Google Cloud, our infrastructure is what brings these innovations to people locally and globally," Kava said.
The company has expanded its footprint in Council Bluffs over 15 years, and it is building out data centers in the nearby Nebraska communities of Omaha, Papillion and Lincoln. Elsewhere in Iowa, Google is also behind a $576 million data center project in Cedar Rapids.
Last year, the company announced a $350 million expansion. At the time, it also cited AI and cloud computing as a key driver of growth in its data center portfolio.
Again citing AI and cloud computers, Kava said Tuesday that we're seeing "the advent of the most critical industrial revolutions that the world has seen, and I'm proud to say that we're right at the forefront of that here."
Google says its Iowa cloud is among 40 regions globally that powers its services.
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Joe Kava, vice president of global data centers at Google, said he counted nine cranes at work Tuesday on an expansion of the complex on Bunge Avenue. The facility — along with a smaller site near Lake Manawa — will become among the largest data centers anywhere.
"Data centers like this one are truly critical for cloud and artificial intelligence," Joe Kava, vice president of global data centers at Google, said Tuesday in Council Bluffs. "This will be one of the world's largest data center campuses."
Google has previously invested more than $5.5 billion in Iowa since 2007, including generating more than $1.8 billion of economic activity for tens of thousands of businesses, nonprofits and others, according to a news release.
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The data centers in Council Bluffs support core Google services, including its search, maps and cloud software. The company said the continued growth supports, among other offers, its innovation in artificial intelligence.
“As we continue to develop and deploy AI solutions across our products, particularly within Google Cloud, our infrastructure is what brings these innovations to people locally and globally," Kava said.
The company has expanded its footprint in Council Bluffs over 15 years, and it is building out data centers in the nearby Nebraska communities of Omaha, Papillion and Lincoln. Elsewhere in Iowa, Google is also behind a $576 million data center project in Cedar Rapids.
Last year, the company announced a $350 million expansion. At the time, it also cited AI and cloud computing as a key driver of growth in its data center portfolio.
Again citing AI and cloud computers, Kava said Tuesday that we're seeing "the advent of the most critical industrial revolutions that the world has seen, and I'm proud to say that we're right at the forefront of that here."
Google says its Iowa cloud is among 40 regions globally that powers its services.
Google to invest another $1 billion to make Council Bluffs data center among world's largest
Google is investing another $1 billion into its massive data center south of Council Bluffs, making it among the world's largest data center campuses.
