Helsinki Times
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GOOGLE on Monday announced it will make a substantial investment in what will be already the seventh expansion of its data centre in Hamina, Southern Finland.
The construction process is expected to support some 1,900 direct, 1,650 indirect and 640 induced construction jobs a year for the next two years, according to an impact assessment by Deloitte cited by Business Finland. Once completed, the expansion is expected to create 100 jobs at a facility that presently provides employment to roughly 400 professionals ranging from electrical and mechanical engineers to catering and security staff.
Google on Monday also revealed that it will start transmitting the excess heat generated by the data centre to the district heating network of Haminan Energia. The heat recovered at the facility will satisfy about 80 per cent of the local demand and will start having an impact on the town’s energy balance as of next year.
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