Google — Eemshaven AI Data Center

Google’s Eemshaven data center in the northern Netherlands is one of the company’s largest European AI compute facilities. Located in the port area of Eemshaven, near Delfzijl in the province of Groningen, the campus benefits from access to abundant offshore wind energy in the North Sea and a cold maritime climate that dramatically reduces cooling costs.

The facility opened in 2016 and has undergone multiple major expansions through 2024, now representing approximately 400 MW of IT capacity. Eemshaven hosts GPU clusters for Google DeepMind AI research, training for Google Translate, Google Photos AI, and Gemini model inference for European users. The site is powered entirely by renewable energy through direct Power Purchase Agreements with Dutch and offshore wind farms, consistent with Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy goal.

Eemshaven is a strategic location for Google’s European AI infrastructure: its proximity to international subsea cable landing stations (AEConnect, HAVFRUE, SUEUR) and the pan-European fiber ring enables low-latency connectivity to the UK, Scandinavia, and Central Europe. The campus has become a model for Google’s approach to co-locating renewable energy generation with hyperscale compute in Europe.