{"id":40484,"date":"2020-02-27T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=51f70a578be61768aae299fde8f6c8d1"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:20:55","slug":"google-to-invest-10bn-in-us-offices-data-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/google-to-invest-10bn-in-us-offices-data-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to invest $10bn in US offices & data centres"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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27 Feb, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google will build 11 office and data centres<\/a> across the US as part of a $10 billion investment plan.<\/p>\n

The tech giant announced these new buildings will create thousands of jobs and provide opportunities for local businesses.<\/p>\n

It follows on from the company’s ambitious 2019 plan to invest $13 billion in rural states such as South Carolina and Nevada. Along with R&D funding, this made Alphabet the largest investor into the US, according to the Progressive Policy Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new investment will be used to build on that by adding 11 new sites in Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and California.<\/p>\n

As an example of the impact Google’s investments could have, CEO Sundar Pichai pointed to the company’s data centre in Mayes County, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

“Last year, I visited Pryor to announce a $600 million investment, our fourth expansion there since 2007,” Pichai said in a blog post<\/a>. “It felt like the whole community came out to welcome us, from small business owners to teachers to Google employees.<\/p>\n

“Pryor Mayor Larry Lees told the crowd that Google’s investments have helped provide local schools with the resources they need – including the latest textbooks and STEM courses – to offer a world-class education. He talked about the small businesses we have helped train and the mentorship Googlers have provided to Pryor’s students.”<\/p>\n

The new offices and data centres will create roles with Google, as well as jobs in construction and renewable energy facilities, the company said.<\/p>\n

This is also further evidence of Google’s relentless investment into its cloud business. Recently it announced the $2 billion acquisition of Looker<\/a>, a data analytics firm and also Cornerstone Technology<\/a>, a mainframe-to-cloud migration firm. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

27 Feb, 2020 <\/p>\n

Google will build 11 office and data centres across the US as part of a $10 billion investment plan.
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