Google to Invest $7B Office and Data Centers This Year
It will invest in communities that are new to Google and expanding in others across 19 states.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, has announced that the company plans to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers across the US this year.
In the process, it will create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the US in communities that are new to Google, while also expanding in others across 19 states.
While there are questions about the future of the office, Pichai says they are an essential part of its future. Google will invest its offices around the country, including its home state of California, where it plans to invest over $1 billion this year.
Outside of the Bay Area, Google plans to add thousands of roles in Atlanta, Washington, DC, Chicago and New York. These hires will help it bring more jobs and investment to diverse communities as part of its racial equity commitments.
Data centers will also be a focus for Google, which will invest in expansions in Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Texas. Also, existing data center sites in Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Nevada will be operating in 2021.
Regional Breakdown
In South Carolina, Google is increasing its investment in its data center. In Durham, NC, it will establish its newest cloud engineering site. It will open the first US Google Operations Center in Southaven, MS, and it will open its Reston office building and expand its Loudon County data center in Virginia. In Texas, it’s opening its first Houston office and will continue to invest in its campuses in Austin.
Google established its first Minnesota office in Rochester earlier in the year. Also, its data centers in New Albany, Ohio and Papillion, Nebraska, are now operational. It plans to expand its data center footprint in Nebraska.
Google is doubling its workforce in New York by 2028 and will continue building out its campus there. It’s increasing its workforce in Washington, DC and investing in its Cambridge, Mass., and Pittsburgh offices.
Google is also investing in offices in Seattle and Kirkland, Wash. It’s also investing in new offices in California, while supporting affordable housing investments in the Bay Area. It projects that its $250 million investment fund will create 24,000 housing units by 2029.
Google is continuing to grow its Boulder, Col., office and will open its new office in Portland, Ore. It also plans to expand its data centers in Henderson, Nev., and Storey County this year.