By Kirsty Needham
Publication Date: 2025-11-18 02:06:00
SYDNEY, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island has enough power to support a new Google data centre without depriving locals, but its arrival could spur a push to renewable energy, the island’s biggest employer and the tech giant said.
Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google announced on Monday it will build a data hub on the tiny island located 350 km (220 miles) south of Indonesia, confirming a Reuters report.
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It said it would also build a subsea cable system connecting Christmas Island to the Maldives and Oman, with two new data hubs to “deepen the resilience of internet infrastructure in the Indian Ocean Region”.
Google’s plans had raised concern there would not be enough power to meet the needs of locals, the island’s phosphate mine and…
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