Quilicura, Chile

Pia also loves that through Google Data Centers, she has had the opportunity to work with people from different countries and cultures. She is also grateful that she has been able to help make a difference in the community. She has participated in programs that have expanded opportunities at local schools, helped plant trees for an urban forest in Santiago, Chile, and led activities for the improvement of housing for the elderly. She reflects on how these projects created opportunities for the region. “People with less access to technology [get to] see and experience what a big tech company can do to improve the lives of many different people.”

A love for the beauty of her home country has given her an appreciation for travel to other places in the world, most recently Japan and the United States. And during her tenure at Google Data Centers, she has had the opportunity to participate in a bungee assignment, which is a short-term development opportunity open to Googlers to learn a new skill and role. During the assignment she worked as a technical program manager and is grateful for the opportunity she had to learn from exceptionally smart people.

Additionally, Kareen not only loves the beauty of her country and the world. She also values the opportunities Google provides to make her community even more lovely. She helped plant trees for the Urban Forest to help reduce the pollution in Santiago. She also has helped assist with graduations for mothers and girls from underinvested communities to ensure they have an opportunity to learn something meaningful and grow.

Settled (for now) in Chile at Google, Mario is a regional data center services manager for Latin America, working out of Santiago, Chile, near our Quilicura location. He leads a multidisciplinary team that is tasked with building our Latin American data centers safely. He says, “I often feel a strong sense of purpose and accomplishment, knowing that my work will have a positive impact on many people once the data center is brought online.”

He’s also proud of the direct and indirect employment Google Data Centers have brought to the community, especially when a data center is under construction. And he is equally proud of the Urban Forest that Google has helped create. A former indigenous site that fell into neglect and disrepair, the Urban Forest was brought back to life by Google and local Chilean employees who planted trees and invested time helping with upkeep and landscaping to create a beautiful urban oasis.

“To say that one works at Google is often tantamount [to saying one works at] a dream workplace. I am living the dream!” Mario says.