Google announced on August 8th, local time in the United StatesAnnounce, will invest up to US$90 billion (approximately NT$1 trillion) in Oklahoma, USA over the next two years to build new data center campuses and expand existing facilities. The goal is to significantly improve the processing capabilities of AI and cloud infrastructure, and to make the state Google's frontier base for AI application development in the United States.
Build a new data center campus and expand existing facilities
Google plans to build a new data center campus in Stillwater, a well-known college town, and expand existing facilities there. This massive infrastructure investment will enable Google to accelerate AI training and inference computing, as well as the global deployment of its cloud services.
Promoting educational collaboration to cultivate talent in AI and power infrastructure
In addition to hardware infrastructure, another key focus of this investment is talent development. Google will collaborate with the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, both of which are expected to be included in the first wave of participants in the "AI for Education Accelerator." The program will provide free AI technical training and Google Career Certificates certification courses to help students and professionals enhance their skills.
At the same time, Google will also promote professional training programs for electrical engineering and infrastructure maintenance, and cooperate with the local power industry to train electricians and engineering personnel to support the long-term development of data centers and energy networks.
Fits into Alphabet's strategy to expand capital spending
Google's parent company Alphabet recently increased its capital expenditure plan for this year from approximately $750 billion to $850 billion. The $90 billion investment in Oklahoma is one of the key projects in this expansion strategy.
Echoing the US's "local reshoring" policy trend
This move is also in line with the "Onshoring" (industry reshoring localization) policy promoted by US President Trump. Companies such as Apple and NVIDIA have alsoIncrease investment in the United States, covering manufacturing, chip packaging and data center infrastructure, and establishing a more stable supply chain and computing resource advantages in the United States.
For Google, expansion in Oklahoma will not only strengthen its global competitiveness in AI and cloud services, but also create long-term economic and employment benefits for the local area through education and industry collaboration, further consolidating its key position in the US AI ecosystem.
