Google currently has six data centers throughout the United States, two in Europe, one in Hong Kong, and one in Singapore. They recently announced that they plan to build a third one in Asia, located in Taiwan. The data centers hold computers, servers, and other hardware and software that process the huge amounts of information Google has to constantly handle. Google believes this third data center in Asia will help meet the increasing demand for Google's products and hopefully increase their popularity.
What is interesting to me is the increasing demand for Google's services in Asia and the strained relationship Google has with China. Obviously, the government of China is quite different from those of these other three countries, but I can't help but wonder what the deal is. Is Google attempting to gain so much popularity in these neighboring countries to rub it in China's face? Maybe it is just a coincidence that the place where more users are getting on the internet everyday in the world is right next to the country where Google has had public problems with for a number of years. I am not exactly sure what is going on, but it is also worth noting how Google has relations with entire countries. They are so large, popular, and powerful, they have their own foreign relations. It is crazy that they almost represent the US when they interact with foreign nations. I just hope they behave and if Asia has a great demand for their services, hopefully they can bring it to them.
Article: http://www.nwitimes.com/business/technology/google-building-data-center-in-taiwan/article_95e493a3-351d-5e0a-9d62-bdec17bbffdb.html
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