Alphabet plans to invest $3.3 billion in South Carolina to build two new data centers, CEO Sundar Pichai said, at a time when the Google parent and its rivals invest heavily in infrastructure supporting the development of AI applications.

Google broke ground Thursday on a pair of data centers in Dorchester County, publicly announcing for the first time an investment of $2 billion that will employ 200 people. The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary also said it will spend $1.

Google broke ground on a pair of data centers in Dorchester County, promising $3.3 billion in investments, hundreds of new jobs and environmental initiatives.

Dorchester County is developing two major campuses with a tech giant. Google is expanding its South Carolina cloud region to Ridgeville. It will host two, new data centers that are expecting to hire 200 operational employees.

Google LLC will spend $3.3 billion to build two new data centers in South Carolina and expand an existing cloud campus. The Alphabet Inc. detailed the project on Thursday. It’s the latest in a string of 10-figure data center investments that the company has announced since the start of the year.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced a $3.3bn investment to establish two new data centre campuses in South Carolina, the US. The move aims to expand the tech giant’s digital services infrastructure,