CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam says Google will invest $600 million to bring the company's eighth U.S. data center to Clarksville.
The Republican governor and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd made the announcement Tuesday. The move, which will be the company's 15th data center globally, is expected to create 70 new jobs.
Google acquired the former Hemlock Semiconductor site in Clarksville, which it will transform into the data center.
Construction on a polysilicon plant began at the site in 2009, and the facility was nearly complete when Hemlock announced in 2013 it would not begin manufacturing there because of disputes with China over tariffs and an oversupply of the compound used in solar energy panels.