Google has announced that it will invest $40 billion in Texas through 2027 to expand cloud computing and AI infrastructure. The money will pay for new data center campuses in northern Texas and extend Google’s work in the state, where it has operated for more than 15 years.
“Our latest investment in Texas is designed to not only support Texas’ workforce and infrastructure, but to ensure the US retains the technical backbone to lead the world in AI,” Google said in a blog post.
The move continues a pattern of large tech investments in Texas. Companies pointing to the state’s deregulated energy market and access to renewables have built major facilities there, even as critics warn about stress on the power grid after the 2021 winter outages.
Notable projects by other firms include OpenAI’s $500 billion “Stargate” project, with a main data centre campus in Abilene; Meta’s multi‑billion dollar data centre work in Fort Worth; Tesla’s move to Austin and its large factory; Oracle’s relocation to Austin; and Samsung’s $17 billion chip plant in Taylor.
As part of its Texas plan, Google will create a $30 million Energy Impact Fund to support local energy projects. The company said it will add new energy capacity to the grid, cover the costs tied to its operations, and back community energy efficiency efforts.
Google also told investors it expects capital spending of $91–$93 billion in 2025, reflecting big investments in data centres and compute capacity to meet its AI goals.
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