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Google Changhua County Data Center

coastal Changhua County, TaiwanPartially operational
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Google opened its Changhua County data center in 2013, announced an expansion in 2015 and says it has invested more than $1.6 billion since 2011 in construction, expansion, outfitting and continuous upgrades.

Capacity

Renewable contract capacity

Actual

10 MW

Generation capacity; not IT capacity

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Initial facilityOperational

First Asia-Pacific Google data center; site acquired in 2011.

Expansion and continuous upgradingOperational

No public MW split by phase.

Milestones (4)
Google acquires 15-hectare Changhua site

2011 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Land acquired

Source not linked
Changhua data center opens

2013 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Commercial operation

Source not linked
Google announces Changhua expansion

2015 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Google reports phased expansion completed

2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction completed

Source not linked

Participants

Google

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Initial announced investment

Transaction scope

$600,000,000

Source

Cumulative investment

Transaction scope

$>1.6B

Source

Financing records

Investment commitment

$1.6bn

Not stated

More than $1.6B since 2011 for construction, expansion, outfitting and continuous upgrading; not a debt financing or current asset value.

Parties & sources

Google (Sponsor)

Site & development

Site acquisition area

Actual

15 hectares

Source

Staged expansion completion year

Actual

2023

Source

Renewable contract location

Actual

Tainan City, about 100 km south

Source

Technical specifications

Industrial water share

Transaction scope

100 percent

Source

Additional project facts

Operating status

Actual

Operating

Source

Opening year

Actual

2013

Source

Expansion announcement year

Actual

2015

Source

Current expansion status

Actual

Continuous upgrading

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Renewable energy supply

Secured or contracted

10 MW

Output of a Tainan solar array about 100 km south on the same regional grid; not Changhua capacity.

Water supply

Operational

100 percent

Google's 2023 history says the facility completed transition to 100% industrial water in 2022; volume undisclosed.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.