EXPANSION: While the search giant declined to confirm the reports, it mentioned in a blog post in March plans to construct a new data center in the nation this year

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2020
By: Angelica Oung / Staff reporter

Alphabet Inc’s Google has bought a plot in Yunlin County to build a data center, local media reports said yesterday, without citing sources.

Google has two data centers in Taiwan — one in Changhua County and the other in Tainan.

In Asia, the search giant also operates a data center in Singapore and one in Mumbai, India.

Earlier yesterday, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News cited unnamed county officials as saying that Google had bought a NT$3.64 billion (US$123.33 million) plot at the Yunlin Technology-based Industrial Park (雲林科技工業區).

As of press time last night, Google, the county government and China Man-made Fiber Corp (中國人造纖維), the seller of the property, had not made official comments.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs said it would not comment on the investments of individual companies.    [FULL  STORY]