Postponed Visit Casts Doubt on Google Data Centre

Top Google executives charged with building a local data centre for the search engine giant have postponed a visit to Australia until after the federal Government’s $15 billion national broadband network contract announcement. The delay comes as vendors involved in the discussions express concern as to the economic viability of building Google’s data centre. The search engine giant has been looking for more processing power and support for its local operations as it seeks to deliver web-based applications to enterprise and government customers