Google Announces $40 Billion For Texas AI Data Centers

ByAntonio Pequeño IV,

Forbes Staff.

Google is committing $40 billion toward the construction of three data centers in Texas, according to multiple outlets, doing so as a rush of competing companies in the artificial intelligence sector build their own AI infrastructure in the Lone Star State.

Google will put the $40 billion toward three new data centers in Texas, according to the Houston Chronicle, eventually bringing the company’s total data center count in the state to five once construction is complete.

The data centers will be located in Armstrong County and Haskell County, Bloomberg reported, citing CEO Sundar Pichai, who said at a news conference the “investment will create thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas.”