Key Takeaways: Google’s $33B expansion takes shape: The company is investing heavily in South Carolina, Virginia, and India to strengthen its global cloud and AI backbone.
The company is investing heavily in South Carolina, Virginia, and India to strengthen its global cloud and AI backbone. Building communities, not just data centers: Alongside infrastructure, Google is funding workforce training in South Carolina, free AI education in Virginia, and new industry partnerships in India.
Alongside infrastructure, Google is funding workforce training in South Carolina, free AI education in Virginia, and new industry partnerships in India. India becomes a global AI hub: A 1-gigawatt facility in Visakhapatnam will be Google’s largest AI center outside the U.S., developed over five years with local collaboration.
A 1-gigawatt facility in Visakhapatnam will be Google’s largest AI center outside the U.S., developed over five years with local collaboration. A new era of AI infrastructure: These projects give Google greater control over its energy-efficient data operations and reinforce its leadership in what executives call ‘AI sovereignty.’
Google’s been busy lately, and not in the ‘let’s roll out another AI chatbot’ kind of way.
Over the last few days, the company has announced a trio of massive infrastructure pushes that together paint a very different picture of Big Tech’s AI race.
Forget the software demos and slick AI features – Google is quietly building the physical backbone of the AI era.
South Carolina, Virginia, and southern India are now the latest dots on Google’s growing global cloud map. Between these three projects, the company is investing over $33 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure.
That’s not a typo. Thirty-three billion dollars, or roughly the GDP of Iceland, just to keep the internet humming and AI models caffeinated.
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