Google Winschoten Data Center

Google's third data center in the Netherlands, opened 18 November 2025 on the Hoogebrug 3 business park in Winschoten (gemeente Oldambt, province of Groningen). Google reported a roughly €600 million investment on a ~15-hectare plot and says the campus uses advanced air-cooling to hold water use to household levels, with rooftop solar and provision for future heat recovery. IT power capacity was not disclosed. Local reaction was initially skeptical — “in het begin wel wat wenkbrauwen gefronst” — before warming as jobs and regional supplier contracts materialized. This is a separate facility from Google's older, water-cooled Eemshaven data center ~30 km to the north.