Google to invest $15 billion in Missouri data centre and infrastructure
Google said it will spend $15 billion building a new data centre campus and power infrastructure in Missouri to handle expanding AI workloads. The company said the project will support thousands of construction and operational jobs in the state and is set to come online in stages over the coming years.
Google said the investment will fund a large data-centre campus near Kansas City, additional transmission lines and local network infrastructure. The company described it as the largest single technology investment ever made in Missouri and tied it directly to surging demand from cloud customers and internal AI model training.
State officials, including the governor and economic development office, said the project will deliver a significant multiplier effect for the local economy. Several thousand construction workers will be hired during the build phase, and hundreds of permanent operational roles will follow once the campus is live. The state confirmed it had reached a preliminary agreement with Google on renewable energy sourcing.
Analysts said the announcement extends the broader push by hyperscalers into the US Midwest, where lower land costs, favourable cooling climates and improving grid capacity have created an emerging AI data-centre corridor running from Ohio through Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. Investors will watch whether the move alters Google's capital expenditure guidance for the next quarter.
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