Google to invest $690 million in Japan, open its 1st data centre in the country

Google is planning to invest $690 million in Japan through 2024, its CEO Sundar Pichai told Nikkei on Friday. Google will open a data centre in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo in 2023, its first in Japan, for faster access to Google's services. Japan will be the third data centre location in Asia after Taiwan and Singapore.