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MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS: Tech-giant Google LLC on Friday announced a US $40 billion investment in its infrastructure across the state of Texas, marking the largest such commitment the company has made to a single U.S. state.
Under the plan, Google will build three new AI-data-centre campuses, one in Armstrong County, Texas and two in Haskell County, Texas, as part of its cloud and artificial-intelligence infrastructure rollout through 2027. The investment also includes upgrades to Google's existing facilities in Midlothian and Dallas.
oogle CEO Sundar Pichai said the investment will create "thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas." Texas Governor Greg Abbott described the move as making Texas "the place" for America's AI future.
A key component of the plan is bolstering the energy and water infrastructure that these large-scale data centres require. Google says the Texas campuses will include advanced air-cooling technology to reduce water usage, and one site will be co-located with a solar-and-battery facility to ease demand on the state's grid.
The commitment reflects intensifying competition among major tech firms racing to expand AI-compute capacity in the U.S. Analysts note such infrastructure builds carry financial risk if demand for AI services does not scale as expected.
The Google announcement underscores Texas's emerging role as a hub for high-performance computing and cloud operations, with the administration promoting easy availability of land, relatively cheap energy costs (if not always reliability), and a highly skilled workforce.
