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BY SHELBIE HAMILTON & PATRICIA ORTIZ
Google plans $40B in Texas projects
The setup
The Midlothian center, rst built in 2019, is now operational. The second data center in Red Oak was announced in 2023, and the newly announced facili- ties will bring Google to ve data centers in Texas. “Google has called Texas home for more than 15 years,” Pichai said. “We have thousands of employ- ees across the state, with o ces in three cities and two data center campuses right here in Ellis County. Data centers are what power the Google products people use every day: Search, YouTube, Maps.”
One center in Haskell County will also use a new solar and battery energy storage plant as part of a strategy to reduce demands on the Texas electric grid. “They say that everything is bigger in Texas— and that certainly applies to the golden
Google is targeting Texas for future investments in data and arti cial intelligence infrastructure, with $40 billion expected to be spent on adding three new data centers. Federal, state and local leaders announced the new centers will be constructed in Armstrong and Haskell counties at a Nov. 14 event at the rst Texas Google data center in Midlothian, just south of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
opportunity with AI,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.
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Google data centers in Texas The new facilities will join two existing Google sites in North Texas.
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A Armstrong County B Haskell County (2)
C Midlothian D Red Oak
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Federal, state and local leaders as well as Google representatives gathered at the Midlothian Google data center for the Nov. 14 announcement. SHELBIE HAMILTON COMMUNITY IMPACT
Looking ahead
can-do spirit you won’t nd anywhere else.” The Texas projects are expected to support American businesses and domestic cybersecurity. “When this project is complete, Google is now going to have a larger AI data center footprint, more so than any other state,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
O cials said the data centers will bring thousands of jobs to Texas, including opportunities for energy workers. “It brings good jobs, new opportunities and steady growth for families across our district,” Texas District 6 Rep. Jake Ellzey said. “Texas keeps showing why it’s the place to build and invest: low taxes, a strong workforce and a
“Texas will be the centerpiece for AI data centers for Google.” GREG ABBOTT, TEXAS GOVERNOR
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