In April, Google shared plans to invest $9.5 billion across its U.S. Google opened its first office outside the U.S, in Shibuya, a neighborhood in Tokyo, back in 2001. Pichai also met with some student developers from local universities. The Chiba data center will be its third location in Asia, after Taiwan and Singapore, and will support its efforts to connect Japan to the rest of the global economy, Bloomberg reports.ĬEO Sundar Pichai shared the details of his new Japan Digitization Initiative with Prime Minister Kishida.

That includes the Topaz subsea cable, likely to be ready for service in 2023.Īlso Read: Google Showcases Pixel 7 Smartphone Series And Very First Google Pixel Watch The Chiba data center is part of a $730 million investment in infrastructure that began in 2021 and will continue through 2024. The new facility, based in Inzai City, Chiba, will accelerate the operation of Google tools and services and support economic activity and jobs.

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google will open its first data center in Japan in 2023 to increase investment in the third-biggest economy.

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