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# Google opens new AI focused data centre in Winschoten, the Netherlands
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-google-winschoten-data-centre/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:32.000Z
- Description: Google opened a new data centre in Winschoten, adding capacity to its Dutch Google Cloud region as part of over EUR 3.7 billion it has invested in Netherlands digital infrastructure to date.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Google Cloud Press Corner, 18 November 2025](https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-11-18-Google-Opens-Data-Center-in-Winschoten-to-Help-Power-the-AI-Economy-in-The-Netherlands?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not state the new facility's power capacity or construction cost on its own.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)