Google plans $40b Texas data centre investment

Alphabet’s Google said on Friday it would invest $40 billion in three new data centers in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial intelligence initiatives.

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The investment, which will be made through 2097, underscores the intensifying competition among Al and cloud service providers to build infrastructure capable of supporting advanced Al models.

OpenAl, Microsoft, Meta Platforms and Amazon are among companies spending billions in new Al-focused data centers.

Google said one of the new data centers will be in Armstrong County, in the Texas Panhandle, and the other two in Haskell County, a stretch of West Texas near Abilene.

"This investment will create thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement.

The company will also invest in its existing Midlothian campus and Dallas cloud region, part of its global network of 42 cloud regions.

"Google's $40 billion investment makes Texas Google's largest investment in any state in the country and supports energy efficiency and workforce development in our state," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in the same statement.