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Google to invest $1.5 billion in Alabama data center expansion

by TechDefused Newsroom
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Google will invest $1.5 billion across 2026 and 2027 to expand its data centre campus in Jackson County, Alabama.

The company said the campus has operated since 2019 on a repurposed former coal-plant site, powers essential digital services and that the expansion is intended to drive long-term regional growth.

Google will fund 100% of the expansion's power and infrastructure costs and is creating a $2 million Energy Impact Fund with the TVA and CAANEAL to support local energy-efficiency and weatherization programs.

It is also donating $550,000 to provide STEM kits for local fourth-to-eighth graders.

The company's local work also includes support for water stewardship in the Paint Rock River Watershed, training over 130,000 Alabamians in digital skills and generating hundreds of full-time and construction jobs.

by TechDefused Newsroom