Google Saint-Ghislain (incl. AI expansion)
Google · Belgium
- Type
- Hyperscale facility
- Status
- Operational
- Company type
- Hyperscale
- Operator
- Country
- Belgium
- Address
- —
- Coordinates
- 50.44775, 3.81952
- Power capacity
- 150 MW
- Cooling
- Unknown
- Source
- Belgium scraper
Tier / resilience: Hyperscale (Tier III/IV principles)
Sustainability & energy: Industrial canal water cooling (no drinking water); on-site solar; PUE < 1.15; scalable to 223 MW
Environmental impact
Carbon
137,970 t CO₂/yr
Water
1,655,640 m³/yr
Electricity
150 MW
Estimates from site size and grid carbon factors. Real figures are used where operators publish them.
What it costs people
Heavy demand like this tightens local electricity and water markets — pressure that lands on everyday utility bills.
Homes' worth of power
262,800
Electricity at retail
€312,732,000/yr
Water at retail
€8,278,200/yr
Euro figures illustrate scale at approximate 2025 retail prices — not the operator's actual spend.