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Google Data Centers To Be Built In Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan

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First Posted: 09/28/2011 9:44 am Updated: 11/28/2011 5:12 am

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday that it will begin building data centers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which will be operational within 1-2 years once construction begins.

Investment in the data centers in Hong Kong and Taiwan would exceed $100 million each, the Internet search company said in a statement. It did not give a figure for the Singapore center.

Google added that it would hire up to 20 staff at the Hong Kong and Taiwan centers.

(Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao; Editing by Chris Lewis)

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday that it will begin building data centers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which will be operational within 1-2 years once construction begins.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday that it will begin building data centers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which will be operational within 1-2 years once construction begins.
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09:18 AM on 09/29/2011
This is just another important step in Google's long march to have mined data on everyone human being on Earth, who's ever done a Google search.
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