November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM UTCUpdated on November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM UTCAlphabet Inc.’s Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers, ramping up its footprint as competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic PBC map out their own multibillion-dollar bets in the state.The investment will be made through 2027, Google said in a statement Friday. One data center will be in Armstrong County, in the Texas panhandle, and two in Haskell County, a stretch of West Texas near Abilene. O...