Google Plans to Invest $9 Billion to Expand AI Infrastructure in South Carolina
By Kimberley Kao
Alphabet's Google is boosting its investment in South Carolina, with a $9 billion plan to expand its artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the state.
Google said Monday that the investment through 2027 will go toward scaling up its Berkeley County data center campus and supporting ongoing construction of two new sites in Dorchester County.
The investment will also help fund "programs to protect energy affordability and train the local workforce for careers in the state's growing tech and energy sector," said Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, in a LinkedIn post.
"This investment helps support job growth in South Carolina as it benefits from the upside of AI," Porat said.
The U.S. tech giant also said that it will be providing a grant for a training program to prepare over 160 apprentices for careers in the state's growing tech and energy sector.
Since the Berkeley County data center was built in 2007, Google said that it has invested more than $4.5 billion in the state.
Companies such as OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft are spending money on chips, data centers and electrical power at levels that dwarf the largest build-outs in history, including the 19th century railroad boom and the construction of the modern electrical and fiber-optic grids.
Google has announced a number of major infrastructure investments this year, both domestically and internationally.
Earlier this month, it announced a plan to invest 5 billion euros, equivalent to $5.78 billion, to scale up its data-center facility in Belgium. In September, it said it would invest 5 billion pounds, equivalent to $6.67 billion, to expand AI research and data center infrastructure in the U.K.
In July, Oracle said it was investing $3 billion over five years to amplify its AI and cloud infrastructure in the Netherlands and Germany. In October, Microsoft said it would spend around $4.75 billion in Italy on cloud and AI infrastructure over the next two years.
Write to Kimberley Kao at kimberley.kao@wsj.com
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October 14, 2025 00:31 ET (04:31 GMT)
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