Outlook Business Desk
Google is set to invest $40bn in Texas by 2027 to strengthen cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, making it one of the company’s largest commitments within the United States.
The investment will fund new data centre campuses in northern Texas, helping Google expand its physical footprint and enhance its cloud and AI capabilities across the state’s fast-growing technology ecosystem.
Google noted that it has operated in Texas for more than 15 years and said the new investment will strengthen cloud and AI infrastructure in Armstrong and Haskell Counties, supporting future innovation.
Google also plans to add new energy resources, manage its operational costs, and back local efficiency programmes, ensuring its expanding infrastructure runs responsibly while supporting wider sustainability efforts across Texas communities.
The plan includes a $30mn Energy Impact Fund and more than 6,200 megawatts of new energy generation through power purchase agreements, supporting the company’s expanding data and AI operations.
Meanwhile, Google is also expecting its 2025 capital spending to reach $91–$93bn, driven by rising demand for data centres and computing capacity required to support the company’s rapidly expanding AI ambitions.
Google’s move follows a wider trend of major technology companies investing in Texas, as the state’s open energy market and access to renewable power make it a strong location for new data centres.
OpenAI has also committed to a huge $500bn “Stargate” project in Abilene, creating a major data centre site. Meta has also invested heavily in its Fort Worth data centres.
Texas continues to attract major firms, with Tesla shifting its headquarters to Austin, Oracle making the same move, and Samsung planning a $17bn semiconductor plant in Taylor.