This Friday, Google announced that it will invest 40 billion dollars in Texas for him Artificial Intelligence developmentthis, in the midst of the expansion of technological giants such as OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon in this territory of the southern United States.
The investment will boost Google cloud infrastructure and AIwith the development of data centers, programs to strengthen energy capacity and accessibility, as well as job training in the state, said Governor Greg Abbott.
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He executive director from Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichaiassured for his part that the investment that will extend until 2027, “will bring three new campuses of data centers to the state to promote the new era of innovation in artificial intelligence“In addition, it will create thousands of jobs, provide training for university students and accelerate energy accessibility initiatives.
As part of its commitment, Google is creating a Energy Impact Fund of 30 million dollars to support energy initiatives in Texas.
Other technological projects in Texas
Other technology companies such as OpenAIcreator of ChatGPT, assumed one of the most ambitious commitments with its project “Stargate” of $500 billion, with its main data center campus in Abilene, Texas.
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For its part, Meta, matrix Facebookhas so far invested billions in data centers in Fort Worthwhile Tesla moved its headquarters to Austin in 2021 and built a major manufacturing facility there.
FinallyOracle also moved its headquarters to Austin, and Samsung announced a semiconductor plant of $17 billion in Taylor, Texas, especially following the 2021 winter storms that caused widespread power outages.