Google’s latest expansion of its data center complex in Hamina has been approved. The Regional State Administrative Agency (AVI) of Southern Finland has green-lighted the environmental permit and operating license for the sixth data centre within the complex. The company says the new data center will be up and running in 2021. At the moment it is carrying out installation and testing work at the site. Google plans to hire approximately 50 new employees, bringing the workforce to around 400. There are 1.200 people working on construction of the new data center, a number that is expected to grow to 1.400.
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