Work will transform a 33 acre site in Waltham Cross which Google purchased in 2020.

Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google said: “The Waltham Cross data centre represents our latest investment in the UK and the wider digital economy at large.

“This investment builds upon our Saint Giles and Kings Cross office developments, our multi-year research collaboration agreement with the University of Cambridge, and the Grace Hopper subsea cable that connects the UK with the United States and Spain.

“This new data centre will help meet growing demand for our AI and cloud services and bring crucial compute capacity to businesses across the UK while creating construction and technical jobs for the local community.

“Together with the UK government, we are working to make AI more helpful and accessible for people and organisations across the country.”