By Quincy Preston
Publication Date: 2025-11-16 23:51:00
Google announced its largest-ever investment in any U.S. state on Friday, committing $40 billion to Texas through 2027 to add three new data center campuses and make the Lone Star State a centerpiece of its global AI data center footprint.
The announcement came at Google’s data center facility in Midlothian, where Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly, U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey, and Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s global head of data center energy.
“We are making a new $40 billion investment in the Lone Star State,” Pichai said at the event. “This includes plans for three new data center campuses, one in Armstrong County and two in Haskell County.”
The investment bundles cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, energy capacity initiatives, continued buildout in North Texas, and workforce training programs.
“This is a Texas-sized investment in the future of our great…