Google setting up data center in Chile to ensure better access September 7, 2012 - 10:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google is setting up a data center in Chile to ensure that its users across Latin America have fast and reliable access to its services. Construction is beginning on the data center, which is coming up in the municipality of Quilicura, near the capital city Santiago, the company said on its website, according to IDG News Service. "As Internet usage in Latin America grows, people are looking for information and entertainment, new business opportunities and better ways to connect with friends and family near and far," Google said. "We're building this data center to make sure that our users across Latin America and the world have the fastest and most reliable access possible to all of Google's services," it added. The company already has six data centers in the U.S., besides one in Finland, and another in Belgium. It also announced plans last year to set up data centers in Asia which will be located in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, as demand for its services picks up in the region. The company plans to bring the Chile facility online by the end of 2013. The Hong Kong and Taiwan data centers are also expected to be brought online by next year, with construction at Singapore also expected to be completed by then. Google and its video sharing site YouTube are among the top five websites in a number of countries in South America including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela, according to web information company, Alexa. The one-month rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and pageviews over the past month. Google expects its long-term investment in the Chile data center will reach US$150 million, which it claims will be one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly in Latin America, built to the standards it uses around the world. The data center will employ up to 20 people once it is fully operational in a variety of full-time and contractor roles, including computer technicians, engineers and catering and security staff, Google said. Partner news  Top stories It’s not the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in the New York-based hipster blogging service. The number of new smartphones delivered with Android jumped to 162.1 million in the first three months in 2013. “We believe Samsung generates more revenue and profit from the Android platform than Google does,” Neil Mawston said. The service now also makes it easier for users to add new contacts sent to them by friends, and has support for Simplified Chinese.   Partner news |  Latest news John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000  The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York.Egyptian police block border crossing with Israel amid kidnapping anger Egyptian police was enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula.Syrian forces storming rebel stronghold of Qusair Opposition groups say militants from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are fighting alongside government forces.Benicio del Toro’s “Jimmy P” debuts in Cannes main competition The film is telling of the relationship between a troubled native American vet and his equally idiosyncratic therapist. |
