The Second Coming:

Abstract

In September of 2014, the story broke into national newscasts and the international press. Google would build its largest data center in Western Europe at the Eemshaven (the Eemsdelta port), located in one of the most remote corners of the country. Central to the story of Google’s proposed Eur$600 million investment was the region that would be poised to become the Netherlands’ next ‘Silicon Valley’ (NOS news, 2014). As the news cycle turned to other topics, the regional press would continue to cover Google’s progress in a region poised for high tech greatness.