MIDLOTHIAN, Texas - Silicon Valley tech giant Google is making its footprint bigger in Texas with a new $40 billion investment in data centers and artificial intelligence.

Google announced their future plans for the Lone Star State from their data center campus in Midlothian.

Google invests $40 billion in Texas

The massive investment will make Texas the largest state in the country for AI data centers.

Three new centers similar to their Midlothian campus are set to be built in Armstrong and Haskell counties.

While the added jobs are welcome news, some are concerned about the amount of electricity these data centers use and the toll they will put on the power grid.

ERCOT projections show Texas will be a major area of growing demand in coming years. Peak electricity demand in the st

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