Google Cloud Data Center Uruguay (Canelones Science Park)
DCanelones Department, Uruguay · UY · Google (Alphabet Inc.)
Environment
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
IEA Electricity Information 2022, Uruguay, 2022
INUMET (Instituto Uruguayo de Meteorología), 2023
DINAMA (Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente, Uruguay)
Facility
$850M investment announced; site is in Canelones Science Park near Montevideo. Groundbreaking September 2024; 26-month construction schedule targets ~late 2026 / early 2027 opening. Air-cooled design. Capacity not disclosed — estimated from investment scale and site footprint.
Evidence (2 sources)
Confirms $850M investment, Canelones Science Park location, air-cooled design, renewable power sourcing, September 2024 groundbreaking, and 26-month construction timeline.
Google announced an $850M data center in Canelones, Uruguay, to be located in the Canelones Science Park. The facility will be air-cooled and powered by Uruguayan renewable energy (wind, hydro, solar). Groundbreaking took place September 2024; 26-month construction schedule targets approximately late 2026 or early 2027 opening.
Confirms construction start date (September 2024), scale as Uruguay's largest tech FDI, and Google's site selection rationale (clean grid, political stability).
Construction began on Google's Canelones data center in September 2024. The facility is Uruguay's largest foreign direct investment in technology infrastructure and will be the company's first data center in Uruguay. Google cited Uruguay's clean grid and political stability as selection factors.