Google is targeting Texas for future investments in data and artificial intelligence infrastructure, with $40 billion expected to be spent on adding three new data centers .

Federal, state and local leaders announced the new centers to be constructed in Armstrong and Haskell counties at a Nov. 14 event at the first Texas Google Data Center in Midlothian, near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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One new data center will be constructed in Armstrong County near Amarillo, and two new data centers will be constructed in Haskell County near Abilene.

One center in Haskell County will also use a new solar and battery energy storage plant. The storage plant is the first to be developed through a partnership with energy and data infrastructure provider INtersect and climate sector investo

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