Google Announces Its First Latin-American Data Center 52
1sockchuck writes "Google continues to expand the global reach of its infrastructure. Today the company announced plans to build its first data center in Latin America, investing $150 million in a facility in Quilicura, Chile. Google cited growing Internet use in Latin America, and said Chile has reliable infrastructure and a business-friendly environment. Last year Google announced plans for three new server farms in the Asia Pacific region, as well as a new data center in Dublin. Over the past year, Google has invested more than $2.5 billion on servers and data centers."
Re:Why Chile (Score:2, Informative)
While Chile is a Buddhist country, it's also hugely dependable on foreign aid and earthquakes. Why would Google want to do business there?
Chile is Roman Catholic, also not dependant at all on foreign aid.
We do have earthquakes, but most construction is resistant to it.
Re:Why Chile (Score:2, Informative)
Latin isn't dead; it's just got a handful of national varieties: French, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, etc.