Google to Spend $13 Billion on Data Centers, Offices Across U.S.

Investment on cloud has already pushed up Google’s costs
CEO Pichai emphasized job creation in non-coastal states

Pedestrians walk past the Google Inc. offices in New York, U.S.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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By Gerrit De Vynck

February 13, 2019 at 7:01 PM UTC

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to spend $13 billion on data centers and offices across the U.S. in 2019, saying the investment will create thousands of new construction jobs in states outside its traditional base of California.

The new spending builds on $9 billion the company put into expanding across the country last year. By the end of 2019, Google will have a presence in 24 states, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in a blog post on Wednesday. As many as 10,000 new construction jobs could be created in Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia, Pichai said.