GOOGLE TO OPEN NEW $600 MILLION DATA CENTER IN TENNESSEE
Google has broken ground on a $600 million data center in Tennessee that will bring 70 to 100 high-tech jobs. It was announced Friday that Google will feature new and expanding data centers and offices in 14 states, including the Clarksville, Tennessee, center. The facility will be Google’s eighth U.S. data center and the 15th worldwide. The new facility is expected to create 1,000 construction jobs and will likely go online in the first half of 2019.The Tennessee center is part of a $2.5 billion investment that includes new and expanding data centers in several states.