Google has announced a $40 billion investment to build three new data centers across Texas, marking its largest single-state investment to date and underscoring the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure in the United States. The projects, which will roll out through 2027, reflect the escalating competition among technology companies to build the computing capacity required for increasingly complex artificial intelligence models.
The company confirmed that one facility will be located in Armstrong County in the Texas Panhandle, while two additional centers will be built in Haskell County near Abilene. Google will also expand its existing Midlothian campus and strengthen capacity in the Dallas cloud region, part of its global network of 42 cloud regions supporting enterprise and public-sector demand.
“This investment will create thousands of jobs, provide skills training to college students and electrical apprentices, and accelerate energy affordability initiatives throughout Texas,” said Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott welcomed the announcement, noting that the project makes Texas Google’s largest investment location in the country and reinforces the state’s growing role as a national hub for data center development, energy innovation, and workforce expansion.
Google’s move comes amid a nationwide surge in AI-related capital spending. Companies including Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, and Meta have committed billions to expand U.S.-based data centers as federal policymakers push for domestic investment to maintain leadership in the global AI sector. Earlier this week, Anthropic announced a $50 billion U.S. data center investment, including major projects in New York and Texas.
Google also recently confirmed a €5.5 billion ($6.41B) infrastructure expansion in Germany, signaling a parallel scaling effort in Europe’s largest economy.
Analysts caution that while AI infrastructure investment is accelerating at historic levels, demand projections could outpace real-world adoption if enterprise AI deployment does not keep pace with current capital expenditure. Nonetheless, Google’s Texas investment highlights the state’s rising importance in the next wave of AI-driven economic growth.
