(Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it will spend an additional $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years to expand cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The company will build a new data center campus in Stillwater and expand its Pryor facility to bolster U.S. AI and cloud capacity, alongside education and workforce programs.<\/p>\n
Intensifying competition among Big Tech companies has prompted them to spend heavily on building new data center sites and skills development amid booming demand for AI services.<\/p>\n
Last month, Alphabet raised its annual capital spending plans to about $85 billion from $75 billion previously and signaled more to come next year.<\/p>\n
Alphabet and its peers have defended their heavy AI spending as essential to fueling growth and improving products amid high competition from Chinese rivals and investor frustration over slower-than-expected returns.<\/p>\n
Google also committed $1 billion to AI education and training for U.S. higher education institutions and nonprofits last week. Rivals including OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon have made similar pushes around AI in education.<\/p>\n
More than 100 universities have signed on to Google’s initiative so far, including some of the nation’s largest public university systems such as Texas A&M and the University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump’s onshoring push has also accelerated AI infrastructure investments by companies such as Micron, Nvidia and CoreWeave.<\/p>\n
Apple also announced last week that it plans to spend $600 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.<\/p>\n
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