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Estimated timeline boundary: Google dates the first Belgian data centre opening to 2010. December 31 is a year boundary, not an announced opening day.
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Operational as verified from the sources reviewed October 10, 2026. Google operates its Saint-Ghislain campus in Belgium. The operator timeline records the initial opening in 2010 and a subsequent expansion completed in 2015.[1]
Estimated timeline boundary: Google dates the first Belgian data centre opening to 2010. December 31 is a year boundary, not an announced opening day.
Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. Map marker approximates the published locality or project area; the exact facility parcel or entrance was not verified.
