Google has announced an investment of $3 billion to set up a data centre campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia. The announcement comes a day after Amazon.com’s cloud computing arm committed $11 billion toward new data centres in Indiana and creating 1,000 jobs.
“The information that we deliver to people around the world — through Google Search, YouTube, Maps and our many other products — is supported by our infrastructure. Data centers keep our products and services running around the clock and around the world, and power Google’s AI innovation,” the company said in a blog post.
Google’s $3 billion in investments will be to build or expand data centre campuses in Virginia and Indiana.
Virginia: Google is investing an additional $1 billion, with plans to expand its three existing Virginia data centre campuses — bringing the total investment to date in the state to…