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Copyright 2025 Galvanized Media Eat This Not That is part of the Dotdash Meredith Publishing Family Company begins building work in Farciennes Google has started construction work on its second Belgian data center campus The company reportedly aims to invest $1 billion in the project Google will also be expanding its existing Belgian campus in Saint-Ghislain Official plans for the camps were first announced in July 2023 The three-building campus will span some 53,000 sqm (570,500 sq ft) energy firm Elia has confirmed that 200-300MW of capacity would be available on the site Previous reports suggested work on the first phase – spanning around 7,500 sqm (80,730 sq ft) – would begin last year and launch in 2025 The company was granted a permit for the Farciennes project earlier this year Conditions attached to Google’s planning permit will require on-site solar panels which the company has said will mounted to the roof 90 percent of the energy consumed on the site must be carbon-free by 2025 and this must even be 95 percent by 2030 Google will also have to opt for a more sustainable cooling system for the data centers in the future – reportedly switching from systems that use water-consuming technology to air-cooling The site will also be connected to a local district heating network The company uses the shell company Crystal Computing for much of its dealings in Belgium The existing Saint-Ghislain site was Google’s first data center in Europe The company has built five data centers at its 90-hectare Saint-Ghislain site since 2009 The company has also built a solar plant on the campus Google has said the expansion at Saint-Ghislain will include an additional 1.4MW of capacity at the company’s on-site solar farm 2022 also saw Google acquire a 36-hectare site located in Ecaussinnes in the Feluy industrial zone near La Louvière Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Corbin Strong completed a perfect day for Israel-Premier Tech by winning the bunch sprint on stage 2 of the Tour de Wallonie also moving into the race leader’s orange jersey in Ouffet after a tough day of racing Strong was perfectly led out by Israel-Premier Tech who were active throughout the day to keep things together for the versatile sprinter before leading him into the dragging uphill sprint finish where he held off a charge from Emilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies) It was a double French podium on stage 2 as Jeannière was followed in by Paul Penhoët (Groupama - FDJ) who took his second third place in as many days Pre-stage race leader Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) struggled throughout the tougher 188.2km stage from Saint-Ghislain to Ouffet but managed to hang onto the back of the aggressive bunch heading into the finale He moved up but ran out of steam to produce any sprint only managing to finish in the bunch and ceding the race lead to Strong This was Strong's first victory of the 2024 season and the third of his career after netting many podium finishes throughout the year. It’s been a long period without racing so I’ve been thinking about this week here for a couple of months now I had a small injury after my last race so recovered from that and really happy with where the form is,” said Strong It’s such a privilege to be a part of this team I even thought to myself in the last three kilometres with the work my teammates had done today ‘I better pull this one off’ because they all rode so strong Dylan and Clarkey just did a dream lead-out “I always think in a finish like this it suits me really well and I had a lot of confidence in myself today.” Results powered by FirstCycling during which time he also wrote for Eurosport Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby Google appears to be investing 600 million euro in the construction of a data centre in the Belgian city of Saint-Ghislain It is set out to become the largest data centre the company has built the country With this data centre, Google will have invested a total of around 2 billion euros in Belgium, De Tijd writes Sources of the Belgian paper report the arrival of the data centre but Google itself has declined to respond to the news Tip: Google Cloud is the best choice for SAP S/4HANA as a point solution Saint-Ghislain was the city where Google opened its first European data centre eleven years ago the tech giant has steadily expanded the number of data centres in the city The new data centre is set to be the fifth Google owns a data centre park of about 90 hectares in size The company uses water from the nearby river to cool the servers In addition to Belgium, Google also has European server parks in the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark and Finland. It claims to invest heavily in green energy and efficiency there are 21 locations with Google data centers Tip: Google invests 13 billion dollars in infrastructure and data centers Techzine focusses on IT professionals and business decision makers by publishing the latest IT news and background stories The goal is to help IT professionals get acquainted with new innovative products and services but also to offer in-depth information to help them understand products and services better © 2025 Dolphin Publications B.V.All rights reserved Update 22 April 2022: Fluence said post-publication of this story that the BESS used at the Saint-Ghislain data centre is 2.75MW/5.5MWh based on the company’s Gridstack sixth generation modular energy storage product “We are excited to partner with Google to deploy this reliable zero-emission power system to help them replace conventional diesel generation Ghislain data centre,” Fluence senior VP and president for the EMEA region Paul McCusker said “Fluence looks forward to accelerating the data centre industry’s efforts to reduce emissions while ensuring high performance and reliability for their facilities and the local power grids,” McCusker said adding that the collaboration with Centrica highlighted the energy storage company’s “commitment to working with the best route-to-the-market providers across all geographical locations” Google has hailed the imminent completion of a project to retrofit one of its data centres in Europe with battery energy storage system (BESS) technology as a step towards rolling out similar solutions across its fleet of global facilities The search engine and tech giant this morning announced a number of milestones achieved on various renewable and clean energy projects at sites in three European countries and Chile in South America. All of these help to take the company closer to its goal of 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030 in real-time as opposed to carbon neutral through matching local energy use with renewable generation elsewhere. Three new large-scale renewable energy facilities it has contracted with are now operational: 125MW of wind turbines delivered by AES Chile for Google’s first Latin America-based data centre in Biobio a power purchase agreement for 60% of the output of a 211MW wind farm to power a data centre in Hamina and a 54.5MW solar PV power plant in Denmark which takes Google’s solar capacity in the country to more than 150MWh. Progress has also been made at the company’s data centre in Saint-Ghislain with a battery storage project fully installed tested and being prepared to go into full service. When the Saint-Ghislain retrofit was announced in December 2020 Google described it as a first step in taking data centres “from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free systems”. Google VP of global data centres Joe Kava at the time called batteries “multi-talented team players,” capable of providing grid services and integrating higher shares of renewables to local energy networks. when the data centre facility suffered an outage of power the main source of backup was diesel generators around 20GW of diesel generators were being used as backup by the global data centre industry. the addition of batteries provides low-carbon backup to the data centre’s operations Google also recognised that battery storage can play multiple roles to help balance the electrical grid This is especially handy as the batteries’ normal mode of operation at the hyper scale data centre is to sit idly Google said it has partnered with Centrica Business Solutions and energy storage technology provider and integrator Fluence on the battery project and it will soon begin providing grid services to Belgium’s transmission operator Elia. “We have now fully installed and tested the battery and are preparing to use it to support the Belgian grid. This will advance our clean energy goals in Belgium, but what we are most excited about is the potential to scale battery-based technologies across our global portfolio of data centres,” the company posted on its Google Cloud corporate blog today. Centrica Business Solutions — the sustainable commercial and industrial (C&I) energy solutions subsidiary of multinational utility Centrica — said its FlexPond software will be used to control the flexible storage and dispatch of energy from the Saint-Ghislain data centre’s batteries into Elia ancillary services markets. we can not only support data centres to operate more sustainably but also deliver grid scale flexibility – balancing the volatility of renewable energy in support of a 100% zero carbon energy network of tomorrow,” Centrica Business Solutions International director Arno Van Mourik said. Centrica Business Solutions said the data centre is equipped with 5.5MWh of battery storage of which 2.75MWh will be optimised for participation in Belgian grid demand response programmes The battery storage will be aggregated with other distributed energy assets. Saint-Ghislain was actually Google’s first data centre to get an onsite solar PV array The potential for battery storage in Belgium has recently become rapidly apparent with a handful of large-scale projects by other players in the market including two of 25MW/100MWh at advanced stages of development or construction already “Google is pleased to drive technology innovation at the intersection of the data centre and energy industries particularly when our innovations catalyse benefits beyond our own operations,” Google’s senior lead for data centre energy and infrastructure Marc Oman said in a statement provided to Centrica Business Solutions “Our new battery project is a great example of this: not only will it allow Google to operate more cleanly during interruptions to grid reliability but through our collaboration with Centrica our battery will help the Belgian electricity grid maintain its target frequency and stay in balance.” Google recently also signed up to join the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council an international CEO-led initiative to push for the global deployment of energy storage technologies which have eight hours or longer duration TechTarget and Informa Tech’s Digital Business Combine.TechTarget and Informa we power an unparalleled network of 220+ online properties covering 10,000+ granular topics serving an audience of 50+ million professionals with original We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities Google is investing 300 million Euros ($390 million n U.S The Belgium facility is one of the company’s most advanced and energy efficient facilities and serves as a hub for European activity View of sunset over the exterior of Google's data center in St Google continues to make big infrastructure investments in this case in a key facility powering European services The company is investing 300 million Euros ($390 million in U.S dollars) to expand its data center in Belgium Its the latest in a series of expansion announcements for Google which sees its data centers as the technology engine powering its online search and advertising platform is the underpinning of Google’s services such as search The center currently has approximately 120 employees and the facility is touted as a highly energy efficient Google also operates data centers catering to the European market in Ireland and Finland The Hamina data center in Finland received $184 million in investment last year and the machines work just fine – only it’s uncomfortable for humans Decoding Data Center Efficiency Metrics: A Guide to Energy and Sustainability Data Center Knowledge’s 2024 Salary Report Deep Dive: Optimizing AI Data Storage Management Strategies for Sustainable Water Consumption in Data Centers This website is owned and operated by Informa TechTarget influences and connects the world’s technology buyers and sellers Informa PLC’s registered office is 5 Howick Place Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Quebec the youngest son of the late Leopold and Germaine (Beauseigle) St Pierre and moved to the United States at 13 years old He fondly reminisced about helping to build the John Hancock building and International Place among many other buildings he enjoyed spending time with his family and his cat Bébé traveling to Canada with his daughter Kayla and reading novels by James Patterson and Paul Doiron He will be warmly remembered by family and friends as a kind and caring person He is survived by his four children Kayla St and Bridget Diaz and husband Allan Diaz of Lowell In addition he is survived by his grandchildren Joey and Sophia No formal services will be held at this time A celebration of life will be held in the Spring For those who wish to make a memorial gift Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors the organization also expects that renewable energy generation will surpass that of coal the most polluting fuel and one of the main causes of global climate change This would make it the largest global source of electricity The OECD’s energy arm points out that data centers are a “significant” driver of electricity demand “in many regions.” Data centers consumed 460 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2022 and this number is expected to exceed 1,000 TWh in 2026 data centers will go from requiring the same amount of energy as France to requiring the same amount as Japan “Updated regulations and technological improvements will be crucial to moderate the surge in energy consumption from data center,” the Paris-based agency said in its Electricity 2024 report on Wednesday there were just over 8,000 data centers around the world but today most are located in financial hubs such as Frankfurt The sharp increase in energy demand from data centers, AI and cryptocurrencies contrasts with a much more sluggish growth in overall demand China and several Southeast Asian countries The 2.4% increase recorded in 2022 was followed by a rise of 2.2% in 2023 advanced economies — particularly in Europe — have significantly reduced demand due to the energy crisis and lower industrial production the IEA projects that global electricity demand will rise an average of 3.4% annually “The gains will be driven by an improving economic outlook which will contribute to faster electricity demand growth both in advanced and emerging economies,” the report stated “Particularly in advanced economies and China electricity demand will be supported by the ongoing electrification of the residential and transport sectors as well as a notable expansion of the data center sector.” The share of electricity in final energy consumption is estimated to have reached 20% in 2023 but still far from the 30% target set by the IEA for 2030 as part of its goal to achieve net zero emissions — a pathway aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5°C Much more evident will be the acceleration in renewables hydro and nuclear) are forecast to go from providing 40% of the electricity consumed in the world in 2023 to around 50% in 2026 “as French output continues to recover from lows in 2022 several plants in Japan come back online and new reactors begin operations in markets including China But the differentiating factor will be green sources, which by early next year will overtake coal as the main source of electricity worldwide, pushing the share of fossil fuels (coal gas and oil) below 60% for the first time since records began Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get more English-language news coverage from EL PAÍS USA Edition ¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción ¿Por qué estás viendo esto? cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS ¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? 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Google has filed to build a new data center campus in Belgium the search and cloud company is planning to develop three facilities at the Ecopôle business park in Wallonia A new milestone has been reached: the permit application has just been submitted to the Municipal Administration!” Bayet said last week The campus will span some 53,000 sqm (570,500 sq ft) Construction will start at the end of the year and will open in 2025 The first phase will span around 7,500 sqm (80,730 sq ft) Bayet said the campus would include photovoltaic panels and heat recovery in order to power an urban heat network Google acquired 53 hectares of land in the Ecopôle eco-business park located across the municipalities of Farciennes Belgium’s Saint Ghislain was the site of Google’s first data center in Europe The company has built five data centers at its 90-hectare Saint-Ghislain site since 2009 as well as a solar plant Last year also saw Google acquire a 36-hectare site located in Ecaussinnes Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Google deployed a battery farm for its data centre in Saint-Ghislain The battery farm replaces diesel-powered generators with solar energy The tech giant announced the development of this battery farm back in 2020. Recently, the project was tested and deployed The technology is applicable to other Google data centres around the world The batteries are powered by a solar panel park next to the data center the park contains 10,665 solar panels that can generate a total of 2.9GWh of electricity the battery park feeds power back into the Belgian grid Google did not disclose the total capacity of the battery park backup power is provided by diesel-powered generators The battery park serves to replace diesel-powered generators Google is taking steps towards its goal of CO2 neutral data centers by 2030 The data center in Saint-Ghislain is the world’s first to use non-mechanical cooling elements The battery park is part of a global initiative for more sustainable energy in data centres Google is also developing wind farms in Finland and Chile solar panel meadows in Denmark and geothermal projects in the United States Tip: Google to build largest Belgian data center Bringing investment in the Saint-Ghislain campus to €1.6 billion ($1.79bn) Google will spend €600 million ($670m) building a fourth data center in Saint-Ghislain The investment in the Belgian campus will be Google’s largest in the country to date and construction is expected to finish in 2021 Saint Ghislain was Google’s first data center in Europe, the facility opened in 2010 and cost the company €250m ($280m). In 2015, a second building was added for €300m ($336m) Google’s third data center on the campus is still under construction and is due to open by the end of this year. Local business publication De Tijd reported last year that the tech giant spent €250m ($280m) on the facility This fourth data center will bring Google’s total investment in the campus to €1.6 billion ($1.79bn) said: "This new investment in Saint-Ghislain is excellent news for Wallonia and Belgium and confirms our digital pioneering position acquired in recent years Our country plays a leading role in Europe in developing the growing digital economy that creates many jobs “Our know-how and skilled workforce is driving service providers such as Google and many start-ups to continue investing and growing here." Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Google recently received permission from the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium to build three data centres The exact location is the municipality of Farciennes With the construction of the new data centre in Farciennes, Google is doubling its data centre locations in the province of Hainaut, VRT NWS reports The tech giant has already a data centre location in the municipality of Saint-Ghislain in the Walloon province since 2010 Google has invested nearly 3 billion euros uptill this point It also provides employment for more than 400 employees the future data centre location in Farciennes must meet a number of requirements by the Walloon provincial government Google must make its data centre “green” in terms of the environment and mobility the installation of solar panels must ensure that the energy consumed at the data centre site is 90 percent CO2 neutral by 2025 Google must also eventually adopt more sustainable cooling technology for its data centres those requirements will fit well with the company’s own environmental goals it announced that it had signed a new agreement with Aspiravi and Luminus in Belgium to support those parties’ onshore wind farms The company’s offices and data centres in Belgium will thus use 80 percent carbon-free energy Farciennes is the poorest municipality within the Walloon province of Hainaut Google’s arrival is of interest to the municipality There will be built three data centers on behalf of the tech giant The locations should provide work for 400 direct jobs and an equal number of indirect jobs Also read: Google makes data centres in Europe run on carbon-free energy Google has is using a 2.75MW battery system from Fluence to replace some diesel capacity at its St reducing emissions and supporting the local electricity grid The battery will be connected to the grid by Centrica and will use Centrica's FlexPond software to store and discharge energy so it can support the data center during power cuts and blackouts and also provide energy to the grid on a short term basis to improve grid stability up to half of which is available to the grid as needed The installation will use Fluene's Gridstack batteries, a system based on modules called Fluence Cubes which, according to the tech specification use LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries made by Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. LFP is are a lithium-ion battery chemistry that offers lower power density than Li-ion battery chemistries such as nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) and nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) but has a better duty cycle and safety record so there is likely a few hundred MW of power being used there Late in 2021, Google bought another 50 hectares in the Wallonia region of Belgium to expand Google has built a solar plant on the campus and, back in 2013, announced that a data center at St. Ghislain was its first to operate without chillers With Centrica's FlexPond, Google can contribute power back to the grid, through a services market operated by the belgium power transmission operator Elia. Centrica will manage the batteries as a part of a virtual power plant. The batteries have a total energy capacity of 5.5MWh of which 2.75MWh will be optimized by Centrica to participate in demand response programs Director of Centrica Business Solutions International: “There are an estimated 20 gigawatts of backup diesel generators in service across the data center industry representing a massive opportunity to deploy cleaner solutions we can not only support data centers to operate more sustainably but also deliver grid-scale flexibility - balancing the volatility of renewable energy in support of a 100 percent zero-carbon energy network of tomorrow.” "Battery-based energy storage is a quickly deployed and low-emission solution that not only increases the resilience of commercial and industrial facilities but also supports system-wide decarbonization and energy security goals across Europe and worldwide." said the Google announcement “The zero-emission backup power system provided by Fluence at our St Ghislain facility is an important step forward in reaching our carbon-free energy goals," said Marc Oman senior lead of data center energy and infrastructure at Google "Not only will it allow Google to operate more cleanly during interruptions to grid reliability Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Company buys land in the Ecopôle eco-business park Google has bought more than 50 hectares of land in Belgium L’Echo and La Nouvelle Gazette are both reporting that the search giant has acquired more than 50 hectares in the Wallonia region of Belgium for data center and office development Belgium’s Saint Ghislain was Google’s first data center in Europe with the fifth due to be be completed in 2022 Google reportedly signed an agreement with the economic development inter-municipal company Igretec for the acquisition of a plot of approximately 53 hectares in the Ecopôle eco-business park and Sambreville and on the banks of the River Sambre L’Echo reports that energy firm Elia has confirmed that 200-300MW of capacity would be available on the site Local press reported in 2019 that Google was considering a data center in Farciennes near Charleroi but seemed to stick with expanding the Saint Ghislain campus until now Google has been expanding in Europe throughout 2021. This year has seen the company launch a new cloud region in Poland and announce plans for a new region in East Germany and an expansion to its Frankfurt footprint The company is still awaiting full planning permission for its long-planned Luxembourg facility in Bissen Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia The first Google project to feature its own solar farm Google has announced plans to expand its data center campus in Saint-Ghislain According to local business publication De Tijd the company is planning to invest €250 million ($311.4m) into the new facility and another €3 million ($3.73m) into a nearby solar power farm The announcement was welcomed by Belgium’s Prime Minister who said that it came at an important moment for the country and would create new employment opportunities Google opened its first data center in Belgium in 2010 It expanded the site with a second building in 2015 The 90-hectare campus is notable for its use of efficient cooling enabled by the water drawn from the nearby Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes canal The third data center on location will further boost the company’s cloud capacity and is expected to open in the middle of 2019 Research quoted by De Tijd suggests that Google could contribute as much as €2.2 billion to the Belgian economy in the period between 2007 and 2020 Earlier this week, Google opened additional cloud regions in the Netherlands and Canada Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia At this event we heard from EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Crețu who just published new research (commissioned by Google) on how investment in data centers renewable energy and fiber is impacting Europe's regions Google has spent EUR 3.2 billion on constructing and operating data centers in Saint-Ghislain-Mons We’ve also spent EUR 1.1 billion on European fiber networks to connect them and thanks to signing power purchase agreements enabled EUR 1 billion investment in renewable energy projects “I’m sharing Frederick’s story because it demonstrates one of the things that make me proudest about our data centers,” Matt told attendees “The impact they have on the people who work in and around them This is about investing in real people and communities to help build a better future for everyone.” Google currently employs thousands of people across Europe 56 offices and speaking 67 different languages And that local presence makes all the difference "A large and well-known company like Google investing in a region can influence others to to do so as well As European Commissioner Corina Crețu said at the event "It's not true that automation only causes job losses—it is also important to highlight that tech can bring jobs and help local communities.” The Digital Single Market is essential in order for everyone in Europe to harness the benefits of tech We look forward to the innovations that will be encouraged by its completion and will continue our work to reinvigorate and invest in regions across the continent Get the latest news from Google in your inbox A large-scale battery plant at its Belgium data center will provide backup power and help balance the grid Google is hoping to kill two birds with one stone (and potentially a third one) in a pilot it’s about to launch at its data center campus in Belgium Ghislain will use lithium-ion batteries instead of a diesel generator as power backup for 3MW of live production computing load – a first for Google they hope to demonstrate that a) batteries are a viable replacement for traditional data center backup generators and b) a data center outfitted with a large-scale energy storage plant can help balance its local electrical grid Texier and her team see the pilot as an opportunity to start integrating batteries into Google's global infrastructure portfolio They expect the project to send a signal to the market that batteries are now a mature market-ready technology for large-capacity energy storage that can scale The company wants to demonstrate that data centers could “anchor carbon-free electric grids.” Data centers must store a lot of energy on-site for backup Storing it in the form of diesel fuel and discharging it only when there’s a utility outage means the energy sits idle almost 100 percent of the time A grid powered by renewables could use data centers connected to it to store excess renewable energy and discharge it at times when there isn’t enough renewable energy being generated Related:Google Says Some Computing Its Data Centers Do Can Wait for Sunshine This is one of the first major steps toward powering Google data centers with renewable energy around the clock versus matching energy consumption in one location with renewable energy generated elsewhere The company earlier this year committed to powering all its data centers with renewable energy around the clock by 2030 She joined last May after five years at Tesla where she led product management for industrial energy storage products Texier declined to name the vendor who would supply batteries for the Google data center pilot in Belgium but said the project would use a product that already exists on the market sold by “a pretty well-known entity,” one of the “leading energy storage integrators in the industry.” Air-polluting backup generators have been a necessary evil in data centers – or any other type of critical infrastructure such as hospitals – rarely used but unavoidable The pilot in Belgium is an attempt to turn data center power backup from something that harms the climate to something that helps it improve Related:Google’s Solar Deal for Nevada Data Center Would Be Largest of Its Kind Google estimates that the total generation capacity of all diesel-fueled data center backup generators deployed worldwide is more than 20 gigawatts which could spell vast opportunities for renewable energy storage Google isn’t the only data center operator looking to part ways with diesel generators. There were multiple pilot projects exploring alternatives to generators at least as far back as 2019 including by one major colocation provider according to analysts at the Uptime Institute looking at the technology as one of the potential replacements for diesel generators There are two main reasons Google is launching its pilot now battery technology has matured enough to meet the tech giant’s reliability the company recently made some breakthroughs in the way it manages data center electrical infrastructure learning to better align the amount of backup power available with the amount of power the computing load requires at a given moment a data center is seen as an inflexible load the conventional approach is to ensure there’s 10MW of backup power Google has learned to not treat total load as an inflexible block and match backup capacity more tightly with the capacity required by applications that run in the facility and the duration for which it’s required the data center battery plant in Belgium will provide grid services to ELIA The batteries will charge or discharge to absorb imbalances between generation and consumption on the grid automatically responding to deviations from the nominal utility frequency and based on rules established by the grid operator the batteries will stop providing grid services and switch to backup operations The pilot system is replacing one of the generators on campus so it will run in parallel with diesel generators if the site loses utility power There is a number of programs for participants in such grid-balancing schemes in Europe The participants get paid for contributing energy when it’s needed and that’s part of the reason Texier’s team expects the pilot to work economically An association of European data center providers earlier this year lobbied EU officials to formalize data center participation in grid balancing and establish government incentives, such as tax breaks, DCK reported Their argument in favor of incentives was that the necessary energy storage would be too expensive otherwise “There’s no expectation of subsidies” that’s part of Google’s calculation They expect the revenue from selling energy to the grid to balance out the cost of the technology If the pilot hits its goals – and she accepts that it may require several iterations to get all the moving parts working together – it won’t be easy to scale the concept across Google’s massive global network of hyperscale data centers The main hurdles would be varying energy-market regulations and rules for grid balancing in different parts of the world the solution will always serve any grid’s fundamental needs Grid operators everywhere need energy reserves to balance their systems which should theoretically work to eventually lower those barriers Company also gains permission for more data centers in Belgium Google has confirmed it is behind a data center development project in Ridgeville The search and cloud company has also received permission to develop three more data centers in Belgium Google has revealed itself to be behind the Project Dawson data center proposals in South Carolina “The Dorchester County Economic Development (DCED) office which serves to support economic growth in the county confirms a relationship with Google who recently closed on property in the county,” the DCED said this week “We are thrilled to welcome Google to Dorchester County and know they will be a long-term partner for our community especially our schools,” said Dorchester County Council Chairman Todd Friddle “Google has a history of strengthening local workforces and uplifting communities and we look forward to Google making a positive difference here in Dorchester County.” Campus specifications or project timelines haven't been shared Google – previously reported as the company likely involved – has previously been conducting business around the project behind the Autumn Timber LLC and Mallard LLC company names The search company had been referring to the site as Project Dawson “We have been proud to call South Carolina home for over fifteen years since we first put down roots in Berkeley County,” Google said in a statement we have partnered closely with local leadership and nonprofits to lift up the great work happening here we have acquired property in Dorchester County for the development of a new data center campus We look forward to growing our community here in South Carolina and will share details as this long-term project progresses.” Google currently operates a South Carolina data center campus in Moncks Corner, around 20 miles east of Ridgeville. The company recently acquired another 140 acres in the area The Post and Courier also reports that Google going by the aliases Project Evergreen and Gannett Enterprises LLC has also is purchasing 206 acres for a proposed third data center near the county's Winding Woods Commerce Park along Pecan Tree Road and Highway 78 The company was granted a $5.55 million purchase option for the land this month the company reportedly aims to focus on the Pine Hill campus for now and will expand to the Winding Woods site as demand requires Google has been granted permission for a new data center campus The Walloon Region has issued an urban planning permit to the company for the construction of a new data center campus in the Hainaut municipality of Farciennes The company is reportedly investing €600 million ($646m) in the project “The Walloon Region has just granted the permit for the installation of Google in Farcienne,” said Hugues Bayet “A new step in the realization of the digital giant's welcome in our region and above all the net creation of many jobs!” Plans for the camps were first announced in July 2023 Previous reports suggested work would begin on the first phase – spanning around 7,500 sqm (80,730 sq ft) – would begin last year and launch in 2025 More recent press suggests groundbreaking for the first 80MW phase is due to happen later this year a delegated official of the Walloon Region the conditions attached to the permit will require on-site solar panels Google will also have to opt for a more sustainable cooling system for the data centers in future – reportedly switching from systems that use water-consuming technology to air-cooling Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia CategoriesCategoriesEnglishECONOMY, INNOVATIONGoogle invests 1bn euros in new Belgian data centre5 April 2024 Google is to build a new data centre in Farciennes This accounts for an investment of 1 billion euros The company will also expand an existing data centre in Saint-Ghislain Google has received a permit to build a new data centre in Farciennes one of the poorest municipalities in Wallonia the tech giant must opt for sustainable cooling systems and must ensure that 90 percent of the energy consumed is carbon-free by 2025 The new data centre should help meet the growing demand for Google's AI and cloud services Google will expand its data centre in Saint-Ghislain which has been in existence since 2010 and employs over 400 people Nearly 3 billion euros has already been invested in operations there As the company seeks to step up its carbon-free energy efforts it will upgrade its existing data centre with a photovoltaic park that will help Google achieve its goal of zero net emissions from all its operations and its value chain by 2030 this amounts to an investment of 1 billion euros It will also create jobs: at least 100 in the new data centre and an additional 100 in Saint-Ghislain Google reportedly supported an average of 2,800 jobs a year and contributed almost 3 billion euros to Belgium's GDP The Google Data Centre in Saint-Ghislain | © BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu Carbon-free energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed by Google and a California community energy group could be a widely replicable model for other supply deals California community choice aggregator (CCA) electricity supplier Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) announced last week that it has signed PPAs with the technology giant that matches Google’s local energy demand 24/7 with clean energy production Google is targeting carbon emissions-free running of its operations by 2030 and which has a state policy goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 SCVE meanwhile is a community-owned energy agency which provides energy to members in six California jurisdictions The 10-year deal will see SVCE serving the load of Google’s Mountain View and Sunnyvale offices to match demand with carbon-free energy for at least 92% of hours a year SCVE told Energy-Storage.news the agreement includes supply from multiple power purchase agreements (PPAs) Energy storage is a vital component of the deal and the resource mix involved director of energy services and community relations for SVCE “While SVCE and Google transition to a dedicated set of resources geothermal and other carbon-free resources,” Bray said Google’s load will be met with 24×7 carbon-free resources comprised of wind geothermal and standalone storage resources.” The office buildings have been designed with a high level of electrification of their infrastructure in place already and Google itself has behind-the-meter solar and storage and other distributed energy resources (DERs) which will also be optimised to meet its carbon-free energy (CFE) needs both front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter will play an instrumental role in meeting Google’s CFE targets,” Bray said adding that SVCE and Google together “intend to deploy [renewables] paired and standalone storage of varying discharge durations” SVCE believes this is a deal that can be replicated not only across Google’s other facilities but could be used by the energy supplier to create retail electricity offerings of a similar nature for other commercial customers It hinges on Google’s 24/7 CFE methodology which the tech company published in February 2021 following the 2020 announcement of its carbon-free target While the company already achieved net zero carbon in 2007 and by 2017 had matched 100% of its consumption with renewable energy purchases it now aims to operate solely on CFE at its data centres and campuses all-year round “This agreement with SVCE allows us to both decarbonise our energy supply at Google while also giving SVCE the opportunity to test innovative strategies to decarbonise all their customers,” Google head of energy and carbon Asim Tahir said “The SVCE 24/7 carbon-free energy service with Google serves as a model for how large commercial energy customers and energy providers can work together to further advance clean coupled with electrification efforts in the local community This type of forward-thinking collaboration is a real difference-maker in our full-scale transition from fossil fuels to clean electricity,” SVCE’s CEO Related developments for Google include a deal for round-the-clock clean energy to power its data centre operations in Virginia from a US$600 million That deal, struck with power and renewables company AES Corporation would make its facilities in the southeastern US state run on carbon-free power 90% of the time from a mix of AES-owned and third-party assets In September that year, sister site PV Tech reported that Google had signed a three-year, 140MW agreement with European utility company Engie, for energy from a portfolio of storage-backed wind and solar in Germany which likewise fell under the 24/7 CFE remit Also in Europe, energy storage system (ESS) provider Fluence – which is part-owned by AES – supplied battery storage at a Google data centre in Belgium. The trial deployment, which enables the data centre to eliminate reliance on diesel backup generators, could likewise be a model for replication elsewhere, according to Google Incidentally, Silicon Valley Clean Energy might be a familiar name to regular readers of this site. As well as being among California’s CCAs which are signing contracts for energy from clean energy resources, particularly solar-plus-storage, at a significant scale SVCE is also among a group of CCAs that have signed contracts for large-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) resources SVCE’s Don Bray said the agreement with Google is for resources that will be built with the search engine company’s CFE requirements in mind contracts signed through CC Power [the group to which SVCE belongs] for long-duration storage will not be used to meet Googles 24×7 goals,” Bray said “determine how or when to best incorporate long-duration storage over the next five to 10 years,” into the agreement Earlier this year, Google, along with Microsoft and other major corporates, became members of the global Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDES Council) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Google is investing in battery energy storage to serve as a backup power solution at one of its data centres in a project described as a first step in changing data centres “from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free systems” Google’s data centre in Saint-Ghislain was the search engine and web services giant’s first facility to add on-site solar generation adding a 2.8MW solar array in 2017 to complement various other energy efficiency measures that had already been put in place the company is seeking to replace diesel generators that provide backup and help keep the facility running in the event of grid outages with battery storage solutions in a post on the company’s corporate blog Google VP of global data centres Joe Kava said that the aim is to demonstrate that batteries are a “better cleaner solution” that has now “advanced far enough to keep the internet up and running” Kava’s blog also highlighted that Google recognises that batteries can serve far more than just that one important purpose It’s rare that backup generators are called into action and they therefore mostly sit idle but “batteries are multi-talented team players” that when not in use for backup could perform services that help strengthen the local electric grid who leads Google’s efforts in carbon-free energy told specialist industry publication Data Center Knowledge that the project’s three aims are to demonstrate batteries as a viable alternative to backup generators show how the battery storage can balance the grid and pilot the integration of battery storage into Google’s worldwide infrastructure portfolio While Google has been carbon-neutral since 2007 the company has been pursuing the more ambitious goal of round-the-clock carbon-free electricity by 2030 at its data centres Maud Texier told Data Center Knowledge that the solutions provider for the Belgium project – which she declined to name – would be a well-known leading energy storage integrator in the industry Joe Kava wrote in his blog post that Google estimates there to be more than 20GW of diesel generators at data centres world-wide and described that as a “massive opportunity to deploy cleaner solutions” The company is working with Belgium’s high-voltage transmission system operator on the Saint-Ghislain project and will “strive to make our project a model for how data centres can become anchors for carbon-free electric grids,” Joe Kava wrote. Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text Company says it instructed British contractor ISG to ensure compliance with local laws Thirty percent of all employees at Google's data center construction site in Baudour have been banned from accessing the site after inspections revealed that subcontractors failed to issue the 340 workers with lawful documentation according to French-speaking public broadcasting company Hainault's employment auditing body found 115 people - mainly from Romania and Bulgaria but employed by British companies - were either working on the site with falsified detachment documents Detachment documents attest that a person is working abroad for a temporary and in doing so is complying with local employment laws and paying the right social security contributions to both his or her country of origin and to the country in which he or she is working another visit last week found that an additional 225 employees - British and Hungarian for the most part - did not have detachment documents either a number of workers were found to be unaware of their status - whether or not they were self-employed - with some reporting that they merely receive (and presumably comply with) orders Google denied any knowledge or legal responsibility for the workers' lack of appropriate paperwork The company's spokesperson for Belgium to the social inspection services their full cooperation and to resolve any problems as promptly as possible Google has provided its suppliers with a clear code of conduct legally binding them to respect all local current rules and regulations It is important for us that this issue is addressed." Workers' electronic access badges have now been blocked and their employers - ISG subcontractors - have been required to issue detachment declarations for all of them The company announced the €250 million investment on its Saint Ghilslain campus The data center being built is the company's third data center in Belgium Incidentally, the campus is close to the HELHa University, host to the world's first Master's in data center engineering, as well as the practical sessions for the first Bachelor's degree in the same subject - both of which which Google supports Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Google's chiller-less data center in Belgium has become the company's best-performing facility in tracking using the PUE metric with a PUE of 1.09 in the first quarter of 2011 which features no chillers and routes traffic to other facilities during hot spells When Google built a data center without any chillers are widely used in data center cooling systems but require a large amount of electricity to operate By building in a cool location - in this case Belgium - Google expected to reduce its energy bill without the risk of hot weather interrupting its chiller-less operations How did it work out? The Belgium facility has become Google's best performing data center on the leading energy efficiency metric with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.09 for the first quarter of 2011 That performance helped Google’s network of 10 company-operated record a collective PUE of 1.16 in the first quarter the best showing in the four years in which Google has tracked its data centers The PUE metric compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount of power used by the IT equipment many data centers are reducing their reliance on chillers to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities This has boosted adoption of “free cooling,” the practice of taking advantage of cool outside temperatures to support the cooling systems This approach allows data centers to use outside air to either cool water or provide direct air cooling for servers Google opted to use a water-side economization system in place of chillers and refrigeration systems. Other companies have used air-side economization, including the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft's Dublin site uses rooftop air handlers that take in outside air and draw it into the data center for use in the air conditioning system. The building was designed to use direct expansion (DX) cooling will be used in lieu of chillers on unusually warm days. But that will soon change. "We didn't use the DX cooling at all in the first year of operations," said Dileep Bhandarkar, Chief Architect for Microsoft Global Foundation Services. "So we'll be going without DX coolers in the second phase of the data center." Will more companies be going chiller-less in the data center? Stay tuned for future coverage of additional companies pursuing this design model. Copyright © 2025. This website is owned and operated by Informa TechTarget, part of a global network that informs, influences and connects the world’s technology buyers and sellers. All copyright resides with them. 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Tanks containing coolant for servers at a Google Data center in Saint Ghislain 2015 ShareSave My favorite part of highways in the American midwest are the wind turbines Not so much the massive wind turbines on the horizon begging for a contemporary Don Quixote to come at them but the bits and pieces of wind turbines—single fan blades and bits of foundation—that pass by on longhaul trucks They’re like an exploded diagram on wheels a useful reminder of the sheer scale and complexity entailed in building energy systems Data-center operations managers love to talk about energy systems—or The fact that companies increasingly foreground this sustainability information when engaging with journalists demonstrates a growing public interest in The Cloud’s environmental impact But really articulating and measuring that impact is difficult It basically requires taking apart the constituent parts of the data center itself power-usage effectiveness (PUE) has been the metric of choice for the data-center industry PUE is a ratio created by the Green Grid Association a consortia of IT industry professionals dedicated to “accountable end-to-end ICT ecosystems.” It’s a fairly simple measurement of a data center's total power usage to the power usage of its actual IT equipment It's more a metric of efficiency than of environmental impact When I asked Nathan Ensmenger (an informatics professor at Indiana University currently working on a book on the environmental history of computing) about PUE It ignores everything that’s interesting and problematic—basically you're operating at a hundred percent efficiency.” PUE only looks to the internal operations of the data center—not where its energy comes from or how much energy they’re using and what that looks like proportionately accessing some of those metrics is tricky—while Google is happy to report that its data centers account for a scant 0.01 percent of global electricity use what does that mean in actual kilowatt-hours at the time noted for being slightly more than the entire electricity consumption of Salt Lake City.) In its 2013 sustainability report Facebook stated its data centers used 986 million kilowatt-hours of electricity—around the same amount consumed by Burkina Faso in 2012 Those are some of the metrics used by Greenpeace in their series of reports and campaigns around the environmental impact of data centers They’ve had a pretty significant role in changing discourse around this issue since they began campaigning around it in 2010 “When we first started highlighting [Facebook's] data centers running on 50 to 60 percent coal they were saying ‘Oh that's not fair to say we’re powered by coal we just buy electricity off the grid like everyone else why don't you focus on how efficient we are instead of talking about this coal stuff?’” said Gary Cook But the company “eventually came around to agreeing that they have a responsibility and an opportunity to drive growth with renewable energy and prioritize access to renewables as they continue to grow.” In 2011 Facebook became one of the first major tech companies to commit to operating on entirely renewable energy in no small part because of Greenpeace’s campaigning the decision to use renewable energy is as much a business calculation as it is a public-relations one Tech companies aren’t underwriting wind turbines for their data centers or embracing renewable energy solely out of some altruistic concern for the environment or fear of bad press they'd be using their billions in profit to build wind turbines to power the grids of entire cities not just canceling out their own environmental impact The price of renewable-power sources are far less volatile than power derived from commodities like coal which is useful for things like long-term budgeting and cost-cutting data centers aren't so much centers of technical operations but of logistics—that is the manufacture and movement of commodities “Often people think of [data centers] as almost like cathedrals of servers Cantrell’s company runs a data center in Iceland a location with incredible renewable-power resources and existing industrial infrastructure “The aluminum smelters are what really focused our attention,” Cantrell explained Aluminum is a commodity whose price is largely defined by the price and reliability of electricity which is crucial to extracting alumina from raw materials Aluminum is a growing industry in Iceland (as of last year they were the 11th-largest producer) and its smelters connect to an extremely reliable grid whose power comes from geothermal and hydroelectric sources Verne Global is connected to that same grid which provides the company with relatively long-term price predictability MidAmerican Energy’s decision to cancel a nuclear-power project conveniently coincided with Facebook’s investment in wind power in the state But that’s leverage available to companies operating at the scale of Facebook and Google It’s not really something that smaller colocation services can pull off Relative to the entire data-center industry—data centers run on university campuses banks—companies like Facebook and Google are a pronounced but still minor piece of the larger data-center landscape Some smaller companies have been able to push for changes but they tend to need one of the heavy-hitter companies to act as muscle first was able to pressure the state utility company to provide renewable power to their data center—but only after Apple paved the way by demanding it first companies that can convince utility providers to use more wind power are the ones who can effectively underwrite the cost of building more wind turbines And while underwriting the cost of a wind farm is laudable, it only addresses one kind of environmental impact, focused on one particular set of metrics. It doesn't address things like water usage, pollution from backup generators (which Microsoft, in a now-infamous 2012 incident supply chains for the rare earth minerals used in hardware and the toxic materials involved in the production of this hardware “The tech industry is really good at erasing its connections to these more mundane concerns like energy and electricity and maintenance,” Ensmenger noted highlighting that Silicon Valley has 23 Superfund sites alone as a result of industrial-hardware production sponsored by the American Coal Association its purpose to enthuse about how great coal is for technology) estimated that a smartphone streaming an hour of video on a weekly basis uses more power annually than a new refrigerator Both Cook and Cantrell argued that if the energy used by a computational process is renewable the energy consumed by that process isn’t that big of a deal And shaming consumers for their Netflix binges doesn’t exactly mobilize a base and at the end of the day companies have a lot more agency to make technology choices that could lessen their environmental impact it seems weird that most people—most engineers building the platforms people use every day even—lack the basic comprehension that different online activities have different energy impacts or that an individual’s online activities have energy impact at all beyond a laptop’s battery life Ensmenger’s research was largely spurred by introducing this topic to undergraduate students in an information-ethics course While students weren’t particularly enthusiastic about issues of privacy and surveillance they were extremely interested in the environmental issues in part because they had local concerns—Bloomington is home to three Superfund sites related to hardware production it’s the most popular and engaging part of some of the courses that I teach,” Ensmenger said Contrary to a million thinkpiece ledes bemoaning a public that doesn't understand or care about the physical realities of The Cloud (some of which I am admittedly guilty of writing) there is an appetite for this material—but not more sustainable technologies to be part of the future these questions need to become part of the curricula taught to the people who will build them Ultimately, all of these varied metrics and environmental concerns introduce questions about time, maintenance, and scale that the tech industry doesn’t often face. The Cloud optimizes for real-time, not geologic time. While much of today’s network infrastructure was built atop the infrastructures of the 19th century that infrastructure wasn’t necessarily built to last While it’s amazing and wonderful and ridiculous that it has lasted it can’t last much longer under the strain of exponentially expanding connectivity demands without first considering these long-term questions Gary Cook commented that “the Internet is the single biggest thing we’re going to build as a species This is something if we build it the right way could really help power our transition to renewables it could actually exacerbate the problem.” While it might be a little hyperbolic to declare the Internet as civilization’s greatest achievement (I’m personally a fan of vaccinations) there’s no shortage of VCs and CEOs who believe and evangelize that position But embracing such a grandiose statement about the network also means taking a radical responsibility for it and recognizing that how we build the future frankly determines whether we have a future at all and filmmakers on what humans can do to combat environmental catastrophes PERFORMANCE ON THE MAIN STAGE: Members of Inetnon Gefpå'go perform during the opening showcase at the Saint Ghislain Folk Festival on June 21 The tourism industry's continued downturn is placing doubts on how much will be available in government subsidies for cultural groups and affected nonprofit organizations were generally supportive of proposed changes to how recipients will be given grants the Legislature has dictated amounts and beneficiaries through the annual budget law to return direct control over the process to GVB these grants are paid by the Tourist Attraction Fund which receives money from taxes collected during hotel stays The measure also allows the bureau to pay the subsidies through federal grants and private donations “As we’re coming out of the pandemic trying to reopen our economy it’s important that we do try to keep up the image of our island,” Ada said at the hearing this will be one way to assist our village mayors in keeping our villages and parks clean.” half of the money budgeted for the grants program would be earmarked for government partners: the Department of Parks and Recreation in order for these agencies to pay for beautification and maintenance of parks and recreational sites The remaining half can be used for nonprofit organizations identified by GVB alongside 20 pre-approved groups named in the bill told senators that in the last eight years with individual awards averaging $150,000 per group The visitors bureau is anticipating it will create new rules and procedures for the program if the measure becomes law which would include additional public hearings Perez noted the "strategic value in coalescing a more unified purpose" around Guam's overall brand and "in authenticating the story we tell about ourselves today and tomorrow." The 20 groups that would be made eligible for the grant program through the bill are: • Guam Unique Merchandising and Arts (GUMA); • Traditions Affirming our Seafaring Ancestry (TASA); • Traditions About Seafaring Islands (TASI); Representatives from several of these organizations shared their stories of how the grants have helped their missions and the tourism industry over the years Vince Reyes from Inetnon Gefpa’go explained why having the subsidy during the ongoing public health emergency made a real difference We have no revenue coming in from any source right now not even community sources – so we’re really My concern is … that when it moves to GVB that the process will continue to be fair and I’m sure it will with (Gerry) Perez at the helm.” Concerns were shared about the previous budgetary process Joanne Brown said Legislatures in the past “have taken the liberty of sometimes appropriating these funds for their own certain projects that they wanted to see facilitated.” Brown and Sen Telo Taitague also suggested controls be put in place to limit the number of consecutive years an organization can receive a grant and to evaluate whether a recipient misused funds or failed to deliver promised programs “We’ve been seeing the same … people year after year after year receive these funds But I think there are other nonprofits who feel they’ve been neglected and not had the opportunity to avail themselves of this funding too,” Taitague said Poll results are published every Monday in The Guam Daily Post Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Google has paired up four artists with Google engineers to create a series of stunning designs with plans to extend the efforts to its other data centers around the world Follow along as the project progresses here. OPENING CEREMONIES: Inetnon Gefpå'go participates in the opening ceremonies of the Saint Ghislain Folk Festival on June 20 in Belgium A CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Sixteen members of Inetnon Gefpå'go are currently participating in the Saint Ghislain Folk Festival in Belgium The local CHamoru group is in Europe for a month as part of its tour aimed at promoting awareness and pride in the island's heritage To find out more about the tour or Inetnon Gefpå'go Follow on Twitter and Instagram @inetnongefpago Inetnon Gefpå'go kicked off its European tour with the Saint Ghislain Folklore Festival in Belgium is an award-winning program whose mission is to promote awareness and pride in CHamoru heritage through performance arts The Saint Ghislain Folklore Festival is an invitation-only event opening its doors to only the best dance companies the festival is a celebration of cultural art and dance “It is truly an honor to be selected to participate in such a prestigious and world recognized festival here in Europe” said Vince Reyes master of CHamoru dance and director of Inetnon Gefpå’go It’s really inspiring to witness the high level of artistry and showmanship that each country brings." which left June 12 with its first stop in Paris It will promote the island's culture in Belgium sees families visit cemeteries and pay tribute to their deceased loved ones the tradition is the feast day of all the saints canonised or not (as the name might just reveal) the roots of the celebration may also be pagan Whilst gradually martyrs were given their own feast days, the Church felt it was apt to appoint a common feast day to venerate all martyrs. We can trace the tradition back to the fourth century in Antioch, but the anniversary of all saints was officially proclaimed by Pope Boniface IV on 13 May 609 or 610. Pope Gregory III (731–741) later moved the date to celebrate All Saints to 1 November To perhaps focus a little less on the death aspect we've decided to look at the two patrons of Luxembourg There are several other saints with links to Luxembourg who was made a saint and had a cult following in Metz Both Saint Ansbald of Prüm and Saint Ghislain are said to have links to Luxembourg Listen here or continue reading down below Let's begin with the saint that English-speaking people (well those from the UK) are likely most familiar with - St Willibrord St Willibrord is one of the earlier links between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom It is likely that Willibrord was born near York and joined the Abbey of Ripon as a child before entering the tutelage of St Wilfrid and was trained and based at Rathmelsh in County Carlow Willibrord set his sights on mainland Europe leading eleven other Carlow based monks on a mission to the Frisian Land he was consecrated a Bishop by Pope Sergius I the first-century Roman villa based in the town belonged to the diocese of Trier by the sixth century Willibrord had a reputation as a talented proselytiser referred to as the Apostle by the Frisians and was granted land to build a larger monastery by Irmina of Oeren in 698 He opened the first church in Echternach in 700 The influences supporting Willibrord's endeavours in Echternach were varied: Pepin's son Charles Martel had his son baptised at the Abbey of Echternach and Wilfrid of York supported Willibrord as well Willibrord had many Irish monks join him at the first settlement in Echternach making the monastery the first Anglo-Saxon one in continental Europe His death day (7 November) became his feast day and the Abbey of Echternach became a place of pilgrimage We know that Willibrord spent time at Lindisfarne Abbey as he took the manuscript then-dubbed the Echternach Gospels from Lindisfarne to Echternach Willibrord became patron saint of Luxembourg and is also honoured by the UNESCO intangible heritage tradition known as the Echternach hopping procession The patroness of Luxembourg is someone we might perhaps be familiar with as she was the daughter of the first person to rule Luxembourg (back then known as Lucilinburhuc ) – that's it one of Sigfried's eleven children with Hedwig of Nordgau Cunigunde was said to be pious and wished to be a nun Cunigunde actually married the later-Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II but some sources suggest that their marriage was a spiritual one and never actually consummated What we know for certain is that their union remained childless but some sources suggest this was by mutual agreement and that Cunigunde took a vow of virginity with the consent of Henry before the two married in 999 It could be that this was true and the marriage was one of companionship but other historians suggest that perhaps hagiographers misinterpreted the childless nature of the marriage to mean it was a celibate one we simply do not know for certain if the sources do not exist Whilst Henry was Duke of Bavaria when they married he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor a decade later and Cunigunde became the Holy Roman Empress Cunigunde was both politically involved and remained religious throughout her life and encouraged him to donate land to the Church she reigned as Regent of the Empire for a short time Cunigunde also became gravely ill during her life vowing to found a Benedictine monastery in Kassel if she were to recover but her husband died before the work was completed entering the monastery of Benedictine nuns a year after her husband's death Cunigunde died in 1040 and was buried at Bamberg Cathedral next to her husband She was canonised in 1200 by Pope Innocent III based on her works of miracle Cunigunde was accused of adultery but then walked over hot irons without injury Cunigunde extinguished a blaze that threatened her and her maid's lives Cunigunde is the patroness of Luxembourg and the parish church of Clausen is dedicated to her Thank you for tuning in! Now what are you waiting for – download and listen, on iTunes, Spotify Nathalie Lodhi was an editor and translator for RTL Today with a background in history According to a new report by the Belgian Digital Infrastructure Association (BDIA) The Belgian data centre market is on track for a 50% IT capacity increase by 2025 increase of shift to private and public cloud and the unstoppable rise of cloud and AI technologies Challenges in Tier 1 European data centre hubs have prompted international providers and tenants to explore new regions This has positioned Belgium as an emerging player in the international colocation market Belgium is home to one of Google’s largest hyperscale data centre campuses The impact of regulations such as the European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) is also shaping market strategies as data centres will have to prioritise energy efficiency and sustainability measures even more to comply with the directive’s requirements these factors collectively underscore Belgium’s expanding role as an emerging Tier 2 data centre hub catering both to local enterprises and an increasingly international client base Google isn’t alone with Microsoft continuing to build on expanding the Belgian region that was launched in 2023 and is fitting out its data centre white space in three separate colocation facilities of different data centre operators in the bigger Brussels Capital Region The construction phase of these data centre facilities that will service Microsoft has been finalised but fit-out works are still ongoing Brussels’ largest data centre project that currently is under construction and maturing concerns the Kevlinx BRU01 campus This first development phase consists of a 16MW data centre and a front of the house including office and logistics. colocation data centres in Belgium have crossed the major milestone of 100MW The three largest data centre operators in Belgium with capacity live are Digital Realty and Datacentre United [Proximus included in Datacentre United capacity] these parties currently are responsible for 72% of all available IT Power Penta Infra currently covers 1.5MW live capacity out of 7MW IT load in total The landscape will continue to evolve rapidly over the coming years Kevlinx and EdgeConneX will have significant data centre capacity live in the coming months as well Data centre allocation in Belgium is concentrated directly in the City of Brussels and around the Brussels capital region with a significant cluster located near Zaventem The Brussels capital region itself continues to decrease in its share of Belgian data centre ‘white space’ the broader metropolitan area of Brussels now accounts for 62% of the nation’s data centre floor space there is a big imbalance between the Wallonia and Flanders regions When excluding data centres in the Flemish part of the Brussels metropolitan area Wallonia houses a mere 4% of the nation’s data centre IT power if we exclude Flemish Brabant – since it holds most data centres of the Brussels Metro Region This figure will even rise to 77% if BDIA includes Flemish Brabant. BDIA admits is was too optimistic for 2024 when it forecast growth to 125MW – it will finish at about 103MW The key reason is the delays in the Ready-For-Service (RFS) dates for some facilities construction started later than planned or is taking more time to complete. the biggest contributor to the growth of 10% was not the data centres for the new Microsoft cloud region but the Nexus data centre that opened in the first quarter and was acquired by Penta Infra,” said BDIA “We expect to see more RFSs for data centres from Kevlinx Assuming that most of these RFS dates will be in 2025 we expect the market to grow by more than 50% to 162 MW across the coming year we have identified concrete plans for 80 MW and see interest from potential new entrants into the Belgian market.” the Belgian market will hit 261 MW – a compound annual growth rate of 20.5%. BDIA said negative perceptions of data centres in the public were not widespread and so “questions from federal to local policymakers regarding energy consumption and the broader societal value of hosting data centres are expected to become more frequent.” Quite The association outlines various EU steps that may mitigate thing like the introduction of the data centre publication obligation for the EED data centres with installed IT power of 500 kW or more are required to report on their footprint in terms of (renewable) energy usage and efficiency it means that data centres will have to start reporting on actual performance as opposed to design statistics that only look at the optimal situation the tech giants are carrying on relentlessly BDIA reflects this stating “In terms of energy consumption Google’s data centres in Saint-Ghislain have a notable impact utilising an amount of energy comparable to the entire contracted power capacity of all Belgian colocation data centres and matching their collective floor space.” As a result hyperscalers will impact the renewal of each nation’s energy grid irrespective of actions by other data centre rivals. It takes just one minute to register for the leading daily B2B newsletter for the telecoms industry Saint-Etienne have appointed former Leicester boss Claude Puel as their new manager suspended their previous boss Ghislain Printant and immediately announced an investigation into a breach of contract Printant took charge of first-team training on Friday morning but within hours had been unceremoniously suspended from his position Saint-Etienne announced Puel's appointment with a statement on their official website, which read: 'AS Saint-Etienne is pleased to announce the appointment of Claude Puel as General Manager and Coach. 'The technician has engaged with the club until 2022. His arrival illustrates the will of the ASSE to continue the development of an ambitious sports project. 'Claude Puel will join the Management Board chaired by Roland Romeyer and will also include Xavier Thuillot, appointed Chief Executive Officer. 'On the pitch, Claude Puel will be assisted by Jacky Bonnevay, who will be his first assistant.' Puel previously managed Monaco (winning the Ligue 1 title in 2000), Lille, Lyon and Nice before moving to English football, where he had spells with Southampton and Leicester. He had been out of work since being sacked by the Foxes in February. On Sunday Saint-Etienne face a crunch tie against their bitter rivals Lyon, who Puel managed between 2008 and 2011. Regarding Printant's suspension, the club wrote on Twitter: '[Saint-Etienne] has decided to suspend Ghislain Printant from his duties as coach of the professional team as of this Friday. 'Ghislain Printant will soon be received by the club management for an interview about a possible breach of his employment contract.' Claude Puel appointed as Saint-Etienne manager on contract until 2022Commenting on this article has endedNewest{{#isModerationStatus}}{{moderationStatus}} Headlines Latest News Podcasts (new window)EnglishENHomePoliticsFirst nations in Quebec and Labrador recognize the rights of the St 2023 3:22 PMThe Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) unanimously adopted a resolution to confer legal personhood to the St The official announcement was made on April 24th at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York To commemorate International Mother Earth Day on Monday the UN General Assembly held the 12th Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature,* which aimed to recognize Earth as a living system with rights In his speech before representatives of UN member states and global actors from civil society and the scientific community AFNQL Chief Ghislain Picard said that granting rights to nature is important because human rights are dependent on it Photo: Radio-Canada / Paloma Martínez Méndez In an interview with Radio Canada International (RCI) Picard said that the AFNQL is keeping a close eye on the work being done to confer legal personhood to natural elements Member nations of the AFNQL felt it was essential to add their voice to the conversation.Chief Picard also pointed out that bills to confer legal personhood to the St Lawrence River were tabled in Ottawa and Quebec City in 2022 former Quebec Solidaire MNA in Quebec City MP and deputy leader of the New Democratic Party in Ottawa simultaneously presented their respective legislative initiatives to the National Assembly and the House of Commons at the request of the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature and the St The AFNQL Chief also explained that the First Nations could have conferred legal personhood to the St Lawrence River of their own accord.However they preferred to take a constructive approach which is why the leaders agreed to draft a resolution and present it officially during the 12th Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature Picard’s presentation to UN member states and other partners participating in the Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature is part of a global movement that began in 2008 when Ecuador recognized the rights of Mother Earth This idea has been gaining momentum ever since but it took a historic turn last December at the end of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal The final document presented at the conference called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework recognized for the first time in the history of these global conferences the rights of nature and the rights of Mother Earth as essential to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Framework View of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) conference room at the UN Headquarters in New York At the 12th Interactive Dialogue of the UN General Assembly the majority of state and government representatives global actors from civil society and the scientific community This international meeting will aim for all nations of the world to recognize that nature and humanity are equal partners and will aim to draft a universal declaration of Mother Earth’s rights who will soon introduce a bill in Senate to confer legal personhood to the St feels that humanity is at a crossroads and an ecocentric vision for the planet is long overdue Galvez pointed out that advocating for the rights of the St Lawrence isn’t a first in the world or in Quebec Lawrence River is extremely important to Quebecers and that they have an emotional attachment to it Lakes,","text":"It’s the most important artery for any activity in Quebec as the river connects up with the GreatLakes,"}}'>It’s the most important artery for any activity in Quebec as the river connects up with the Great Lakes Galvez pointed out that while the Great Lakes Basin is one of the largest economic regions in Canada it has generated pollution and caused problems stemming from the use of the St That’s why we need to take action to protect it by granting it legal personhood She believes that the benefits of preserving the St Lawrence River by granting it legal personhood outweigh any costs that the change in status might generate *The capitalization of the word Nature was recognized and incorporated into the 29th paragraph of the preamble of General Assembly Resolution 73/235 and in previous reports of the Secretary-General on Harmony with Nature (see A/74/236 and A/75/266) Note: This report is also available in Spanish. E.M., the complainant, testifying at sexual assault trial of ex-world junior hockey … E.M., the complainant, testifying at sexual assault trial of ex-world junior hockey players. Posted: 3 days ago. London court hearing her recollections of night that led to charges against 5 accused These former farm workers won a standards case in B.C. They told CBC about their … These former farm workers won a standards case in B.C. They told CBC about their working conditions. Posted: 3 days ago. They worked long hours say they lived in dirty housing and were underpaid Poilievre to run for Alberta seat after MP-elect Damien Kurek agrees to step down Poilievre to run for Alberta seat after MP-elect Damien Kurek agrees to step down. Posted: 3 days ago. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll call a byelection quickly: 'No games' Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit Trump at White House next week Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit Trump at White House next week. Posted: 3 days ago. Carney holding 1st news conference since election win in Ottawa RCI NEWSLETTERWherever you are in the world Radio Canada International is CBC/Radio-Canada's multilingual service that allows you to explore and understand and gain perspective about the reality of Canadian society as well as its democratic and cultural values All rights reserved © Radio Canada International 2025 This huge waterway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and marks the border U.S.-Canada border AFNQL Chief Ghislain Picard said that granting rights to nature we must respect the rights of Mother Earth the Magpie River and now the St. Lawrence River Member nations of the AFNQL felt it was essential to add their voice to the conversation.Chief Picard also pointed out that bills to confer legal personhood to the St. Lawrence River were tabled in Ottawa and Quebec City in 2022. However but there hasn’t really been any follow-through By adding our voice to that of other groups we may bring more weight to the process and encourage—not force—governments to take more concrete action at the request of the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature and the St. Lawrence Alliance which is why the leaders agreed to draft a resolution and present it officially during the 12th Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature. recognized for the first time in the history of these global conferences the rights of nature and the rights of Mother Earth as essential to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Framework. tentatively called the Earth Assembly This international meeting will aim for all nations of the world to recognize that nature and humanity are equal partners and will aim to draft a universal declaration of Mother Earth’s rights. Canadian independent Senator Rosa Galvez who will soon introduce a bill in Senate to confer legal personhood to the St. Lawrence River feels that humanity is at a crossroads and an ecocentric vision for the planet is long overdue. Galvez pointed out that advocating for the rights of the St. Lawrence isn’t a first in the world or in Quebec she said. A geo-environmental engineer by training she explained that the St. Lawrence River is extremely important to Quebecers and that they have an emotional attachment to it. Lakes,\",\"text\":\"It’s the most important artery for any activity in Quebec as the river connects up with the GreatLakes,\"}}'>It’s the most important artery for any activity in Quebec as the river connects up with the Great Lakes it has generated pollution and caused problems stemming from the use of the St. Lawrence River’s resources. That’s why we need to take action to protect it by granting it legal personhood She believes that the benefits of preserving the St. Lawrence River by granting it legal personhood outweigh any costs that the change in status might generate. Note: This report is also available in Spanish. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) unanimously adopted a resolution to confer legal personhood to the St As the Liberal Party prepares for its fourth consecutive term and its first under Prime Minister Mark Carney The airline says it dropped the case because Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll call a byelection quickly: 'No games' Carney holding 1st news conference since election win in Ottawa Pierre Ny St-Amand found not criminally responsible for crash that killed 2 kids say the provinces could encounter some major setbacks 'It would show a certain president to the south that we are truly independent and sovereign,' royalist says Looking for the best vacation spots in Canada 44-vote margin small enough to trigger official recount The official residence of the PM has been closed to deal with asbestos Respondents in many high-income countries report feeling worse than researchers expected 1980198197988119796041979103197637119760791974871 1958921195892119372951937286193577619286831924669188794118643221811249181121218111761810939181066118103401810035180957318093741808813 Here’s what Canadians can expect to happen next now that Canada’s federal election is over and the 45th session of Parliament is set to tee off major industrial projects have been the subject of intense discussion in Luxembourg The possible construction of a Google data centre in Bissen was no exception But does the American internet giant still want to establish itself in Luxembourg The question has been raised once more after Google announced major investments in Wallonia there has not been a single phone call related to the project in the last few months neither from Google officials nor from the government Google officials made the following statement: "We would be delighted if the project in Bissen were to go through the various stages of the procedures But there are no further news for the time being." The Google project is not dead yet the matter does not seem to be a priority for either Google or the government The general development plan (PAG) has been voted on the appeal of the Ecological Movement to the Administrative Court against the reclassification of the 32-hectare green zone The Ministry of the Environment has not received any applications in recent months The earliest possible start of construction is 2023 Google officials confirmed to our colleagues at RTL.lu that a fourth data centre will come into operation in the next few weeks on the Saint-Ghislain site near Mons and that the construction of a fifth centre is planned we have announced the construction of five buildings An investment of €500 million," said Frédéric Descamps manager of the Google data centre in Saint Ghislain the American giant has invested €3 billion in Wallonia Google has indeed bought another piece of land near Charleroi 51.8 hectares on the Ecopole site in Farciennes An industrial wasteland on the banks of the Sambre there are still no concrete plans for investment," Descamps stated But it is well known that Google does not like to reveal its cards when it comes to the relevance of its projects a certain amount of competition between potential sites for data centres stimulates business Watch the full report by our colleagues from RTL.lu (in Luxembourgish): as Jesse Wallace was being sentenced for his role in a double manslaughter A victims supporter stands outside the Robert S.K Catharines Monday as Jesse Wallace was being sentenced for his role in a double manslaughter Jesse Wallace jailed for six and a half years After months of demanding justice for Deidra Ann Smith her family and friends could only weep with disappointment and shake their heads in disbelief as Jesse Wallace was sentenced to six and a half years in jail Monday for his part in her death Wallace — he previously pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter in connection to the Jan and her boyfriend Ghislain (Justin) Robichaud after the 805 days he spent in pre-sentence custody was taken into consideration Smith’s sister Tasha Davidson said she held onto hopes for a tough sentence as long as possible he (Wallace) would get something a little harsher,” she said following the sentencing hearing in Superior Court of Justice in St Several members of Smith’s family shared the unbearable pain and loss they experienced in the years since she was killed struggling with emotion as they read victim impact statements Crown prosecutor Graeme Leach said although Robichaud’s family opted to retain their privacy rather than share victim impact statements Judge Paul Sweeny said he took the heartwrenching victim impact statements into consideration as he sentenced Wallace as well as mitigating factors such as Wallace’s guilty plea “A fit and proper sentence is six and a half years concurrent,” Sweeny told Wallace He also barred Wallace from having any contact with the families of the victims and imposed a lifetime weapons prohibition Leach described the crime as a “grave and serious offence,” but said the joint submission calling for the six-and-a-half-year sentence was justified the offences were fuelled by greed and a craving for drugs,” Leach said “The matters were compounded … by the post-mortem efforts to conceal the crime including the transport of the bodies to Haliburton to burn and abandon them.” He said the crime had “a profound and everlasting impact on the members of the extended families of both deceased.” Leach said it was uncertain if Wallace would have been convicted Smith’s family had been at the courthouse every week for the past few months carrying signs and calling for “Justice for Deidra,” in the hope of a stiff sentence for Wallace — after his co-accused Lindsay Ainsworth and Alexis Yorke were given sentences they felt were too lenient Yorke was sentenced to time served and two years probation in late June after pleading guilty to two counts of accessory to manslaughter after the fact Ainsworth pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and was sentenced to six and a half years behind bars will be out of jail much sooner because of her time in pre-sentence custody Smith’s sister Tara Colledge referred to a recent manslaughter case in Sudbury where a 19-year-old man was sentenced last week to 15 years in jail after stabbing a 17-year-old boy she said the courts “slapped it down to manslaughter and they’re saying that it’s not worth anymore than six years.” That’s despite two people dying from blunt force trauma to their brains and their bodies driven 300 kilometres north of Haliburton set on fire with gasoline and covered with sticks in the hope of hiding the crime She said the family had looked into appealing the sentence but said she was told that was not an option “I don’t know what we’re going to do from here,” Colledge said Smith’s family is planning to establish a foundation in her memory “We need to figure out how to go about setting up a foundation for Deidra and then do yearly walks or something to raise money for it,” Colledge said “We want the foundation so we can help other families.” Davidson said her family gathered nearly 2,500 signatures on a petition calling for a stiff sentence for Wallace She said she plans to submit the petition to her MPP after learning it could not be submitted to the court Family friend Tricia Saunders said the judge could have handed down a far more severe sentence Smith’s three daughters have been “struggling really hard,” since the loss of their mother had celebrated New Year’s Eve with Wallace Ainsworth and Yorke at a Pelham Road residence where Smith and Robichaud rented the basement apartment and Wallace and Yorke lived in the upper unit Robichaud had a substantial amount of cash in his possession It is also believed he had a significant amount of drugs Wallace and Ainsworth went to the basement apartment during the early morning hours of Jan where Robichaud and Smith were bludgeoned to death Smith’s family filed a missing-person report on Jan 24 — three days after the partially burned bodies were discovered by a woman walking her dog in Haliburton Note: This story was updated to correct a spelling error Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account