(Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it will spend an additional $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years to expand cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The company will build a new data center campus in Stillwater and expand its Pryor facility to bolster U.S. AI and cloud capacity, alongside education and workforce programs.

Intensifying competition among Big Tech companies has prompted them to spend heavily on building new data center sites and skills development amid booming demand for AI services.

Last month, Alphabet raised its annual capital spending plans to about $85 billion from $75 billion previously and signaled more to come next year.

Alphabet and its peers have defended their heavy AI spending as essential to fueling growth and improving produc

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