Construction Magazine August 2018 | Page 95

EUROPE besides the 30MW solar farm , iSunport Delfzijl , the largest solar energy park in the country , all of which fall under Groningen Seaports ’ umbrella .
“ If you look for the major developments worldwide , it clearly makes sense to think about data centres . However , to be honest , we didn ’ t expect such a demand for land usage ,” reflects Van Tuinen . “ I don ’ t think the sector itself could have foreseen how much land it would need for further growth ”.
“ Google has recently purchased all green electricity generated at Sunport Delfzijl for 10 years as part of a second deal with Eneco on top of the earlier energy deal combined with a local Eneco windfarm . The company recently announced another € 500mn investment after € 950mn spent over the last couple of years . This is great news for our region , which has shown great support for the data port development . The challenge was that we
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