Google plans $3 bln data center investment in Indiana, Virginia

Alphabet unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia.

A boom in artificial intelligence applications has increased the demand for cloud computing, prompting Big Tech firms to expand their data center capacity.

On Thursday, Amazon.com’s cloud computing arm committed $11 billion toward new data centers in Indiana and creating 1,000 jobs.