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Google Plans to Spend $17 Billion on Wyoming Data Center

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 05 November 2026, 19:02 UTC By Davey Alba 1 min read
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Big Tech Google Plans to Spend $17 Billion on Wyoming Data Center Alphabet Inc.’s Google will spend $17 billion to build a data center in Wyoming, formally putting a price tag on the proposal two days after voters across the US delivered a broad rebuke to the development of such massive projects for artificial intelligence work. Voters in Tuesday’s US midterm elections sided with limits on data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, according to Ballotpedia. In Texas, Democrat Gina...

Big Tech Google Plans to Spend $17 Billion on Wyoming Data Center Alphabet Inc.’s Google will spend $17 billion to build a data center in Wyoming, formally putting a price tag on the proposal two days after voters across the US delivered a broad rebuke to the development of such massive projects for artificial intelligence work. Voters in Tuesday’s US midterm elections sided with limits on data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, according to Ballotpedia. In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa won the governor’s race after promising a data center moratorium. Successful Democratic candidates for governor in Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania also campaigned on stricter regulations of these projects.
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