Google last week announced that it would invest 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in Germany between now (2021) and 2030 to expand its datacenter operations and secure renewable power supplies to run them.
With the expansion of its Cloud Region in Frankfurt in a new Google-owned Hanau facility, a new Google Cloud region in Berlin-Brandenburg, Google sets its goal on a broad investment plan in renewable energy. The 4-story building is 10,000 square meters and was sustainably constructed with energy efficient infrastructure and adherence to our circular economy model for waste.
In addition to the Hanau expansion of our Google Cloud region in Frankfurt, Google announced a new Google Cloud region will be located in Berlin-Brandenburg, further extending our ability to meet growing demand for cloud services in the country.
Since 2017, Google has matched 100% of its global, annual electricity use with renewable energy. Last year, we set out to run our business on carbon-free energy everywhere and at all times by 2030, enabling us to offer cloud customers one of the cleanest clouds in the industry, while helping Europe achieve its ambitious climate goals.
Google also announced that ENGIE Deutschland has been selected as Google's carbon-free energy supplier in Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, ENGIE will assemble and develop, on Google’s behalf, a 140 megawatt (MW) carbon-free energy portfolio in Germany that has the ability to flex and grow with us as our needs change.
