Google Winschoten / Hoogebrug campus

FJI source-qualified: four-document gate met, including project-specific government evidence. Qualification evidence and decisions →

Published and scoped evidence reviewed October 16, 2026. Historical source events retain their own dates.

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A distinct Dutch location

Winschoten is separate from Eemshaven, Middenmeer and the Groningen development. The 2023 permit and construction announcement identify the Hoogebrug location.

Opening and later infrastructure

Google’s opening is issuer-reported and covered by DCD. The March 2026 cable-plan notice uses construction wording; its scope is not treated as a reversal of the opening or proof that every electrical phase is complete.

Investor read-through

Our analysis: an opening establishes a stronger milestone than construction, but does not quantify current AI utilisation. Later cable planning must be tracked by its own scope.

Delivery commitments and dated checkpoints

Target: Opening announced November 18, 2025; no accepted full-campus delivery schedule established.

• 2023-10-18: The province grants Green Box Computing B.V. a permit to establish a data centre at Hoogebrug III, Winschoten DC1A. This is a permit notice, not operating acceptance. Original project-specific government permit notice
• 2023-12-14: Google announces the start of construction in Winschoten and EUR600 million investment; national energy agreements have a different scope. Original company construction announcement
• 2025-11-18: Google announces the opening of Winschoten to support its Dutch cloud region and AI-driven services. No current operating IT MW or utilisation is disclosed. Original company opening announcement
• 2025-11-19: DCD reports the Winschoten opening at Hoogebrug 3 and identifies it separately from Eemshaven, Middenmeer and the Groningen development. Independent specialist reporting
• 2026-03-25: Oldambt publishes the March 4 adoption of a 110 kV cable-route plan. Its wording describes a data centre under construction; this does not establish the commissioning scope of Google’s 2025 opening. Original municipal cable-plan adoption notice

Unavailable: no matched, comparable accepted operating-IT target and actual.

Company connections

Google identifies Winschoten as its Dutch cloud/AI-supporting site. The provincial notice names Green Box Computing B.V. at Hoogebrug III; this is a location/permit match, not a reviewed corporate ownership chain.

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What remains unverified

Energization, commissioning, accepted customer capacity, current operating IT MW, utilisation, project spending and campus earnings remain unverified. DC1A legal-entity ownership chain, cable/phase scope and current appeal/utility acceptance remain unverified.

Next observable evidence

Verify phase-specific metered/accepted load and reconcile the 2026 cable-plan scope with the opened facility.

Sources and claim boundaries

Documents are counted as documents, not independent confirmations. Same-issuer releases and their rewrites share an underlying claim. Five documents; two Google announcements share an issuer; DCD independently publishes the opening account. Government permit and cable notices address distinct legal scopes and do not certify current full-campus readiness. The cable notice’s generic wording requires phase reconciliation.

1. Province of Groningen / official gazette · 2023-10-18

   The province grants Green Box Computing B.V. a permit to establish a data centre at Hoogebrug III, Winschoten DC1A. This is a permit notice, not operating acceptance.

   Original project-specific government permit notice · Provinciaal Blad 2023 nr.12116, single page, opening and appeal clauses · Checked 2026-10-16

2. Google Nederland · 2023-12-14

   Google announces the start of construction in Winschoten and EUR600 million investment; national energy agreements have a different scope.

   Original company construction announcement · Opening paragraph; future heat-reuse paragraph · Checked 2026-10-16

3. Google Nederland · 2025-11-18

   Google announces the opening of Winschoten to support its Dutch cloud region and AI-driven services. No current operating IT MW or utilisation is disclosed.

   Original company opening announcement · Opening and cloud-region paragraphs · Checked 2026-10-16

4. DatacenterDynamics / Georgia Butler · 2025-11-19

   DCD reports the Winschoten opening at Hoogebrug 3 and identifies it separately from Eemshaven, Middenmeer and the Groningen development.

   Independent specialist reporting · Opening, address and Dutch-site distinction paragraphs · Checked 2026-10-16

5. Municipality of Oldambt / official gazette · 2026-03-25

   Oldambt publishes the March 4 adoption of a 110 kV cable-route plan. Its wording describes a data centre under construction; this does not establish the commissioning scope of Google’s 2025 opening.

   Original municipal cable-plan adoption notice · Gemeenteblad 2026,138505; adoption and cable-route paragraphs; appeal terms · Checked 2026-10-16

Structured source audit

AI-assisted public-source research by Fjord Journal. No original interviews, site visits, independent metering or whole-project certification. Planned investment and capacity are excluded from delivered-IT and paid-spending aggregates. Unknown values remain unavailable.

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