Enoch Moeller discusses Google and its relationship with Clarksville. Jake Lowary/The Leaf-Chronicle
Officials for online search engine giant Google Inc. confirmed that the company will officially break ground Friday afternoon on its planned, $600 million Clarksville-Montgomery County data center.
The ceremonies are expected to launch, officially, the start of construction, formally signaling that the company plans to make good on its promises to Clarksville-Montgomery County and the state of Tennessee.
Ceremonies involving undisclosed corporate, state and local dignitaries are to be held at the construction site on Solar Way in northeastern Montgomery County.
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Google acquired the site formerly owned by Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor in 2015, and is part of a trio of nine-digit corporate investments in Montgomery County that also includes Hankook Tire ($800 million in phase 1), and LG Electronics ($250 million planned in phase 1).
The data center is expected to be the 15th, globally, for Google, storing Google's vast and growing database of information. The Clarksville data center is expected to employ between 70 to 100 people in high-tech positions.
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Google is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Its executives first confirmed their entry into Clarksville-Montgomery County in December 2015. Since that time, the Clarksville data center has been in design and development.
At the time of its announcement almost three years ago, Google said that, in addition to local jobs and investment, the company will launch a community grants program to support science and technology education, clean energy, and broad access to the Internet in Clarksville-Montgomery County.
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Officials for Google also said in 2015 that Montgomery County offered many of the most-desired attributes on the company's site-search checklist, including a trained and tech-savvy workforce, as well as the right energy infrastructure and pad-ready, developable land.
The company has already said it plans to partner with local schools, Austin Peay State University, and Fort Campbell.
More-specific details of its plans could be revealed at Friday's groundbreaking and in the weeks and months ahead.
The site had symbolized disaster for Clarksville-Montgomery County in 2013-14, after $1.2 billion Hemlock Semiconductor abandoned its plans for the community prior to its anticipated production launch, but things quickly turned celebratory when Google said it wanted a portion of the massive property.
Reach Business Editor Jimmy Settle at 931-245-0247 and on Twitter @settle_leaf.
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