Google plans to speculate $40 billion in direction of constructing knowledge facilities in Texas

Google is on the brink of spend $40 billion to extend its knowledge middle footprint in Texas. In an announcement posted on its web site, Google mentioned it is planning to construct extra infrastructure for its cloud and synthetic intelligence operations within the state. The plans name for 3 new knowledge facilities, one in Armstrong County and two in Haskell County, in line with Google.

In line with a press release from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, that is Google’s largest funding in any US state. The tech large’s funding within the Lone Star State dates again to 2019, when it constructed an information middle in Midlothian, Texas. Google later expanded its presence within the state with the event of one other knowledge middle in Purple Oak, bringing the corporate’s whole funding into Texas to $2.7 billion. In line with Google, the newest $40 billion funding might be made by way of 2027.

Google is not the one main tech firm growing extra AI infrastructure within the US. Earlier this yr, NVIDIA introduced plans to construct manufacturing area for AI supercomputers in Houston and Dallas. Extra just lately, Meta mentioned it might make investments $600 billion to construct AI knowledge facilities throughout the US with out specifying which states.