Google embraces Taiwan as Asia hub with third data center

Island offers geographic and political edge as tensions rise over Hong Kong

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Google has built two data centers in Asia, with two more planned in Taiwan. © Reuters

YU NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- Google is preparing to build a third data center in Taiwan, the U.S. tech giant said Thursday, citing the island's location as strategically well suited for an Asian data transfer hub.

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