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 is investing $3.3B in the Palmetto State as the tech titan expands its data center, cloud infrastructure. Read more here.

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.

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.