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          "title": "‘We've proudly called Texas home for 15 years’, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai announcing $40 billion inve - The Times of India",
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          "title": "Google taps Texas for $40B AI investment to run through 2027 - dallasnews.com",
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          "title": "Google plans to invest $40 billion towards building data centers in Texas - Engadget",
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          "title": "Google unveils $40 billion investment in Texas, with expansion in Ellis County - WFAA",
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          "title": "Google Announces $40 Billion Texas Data Center Investment to Expand Cloud and AI Infrastructure - MLQ.ai",
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        {
          "title": "Google is spending $40 billion to build 3 new data centers in Texas - Fast Company",
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          "title": "Google Earmarks $40B for Texas Digital Development - CommercialSearch",
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          "date": "2025-11-19",
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          "title": "Google: Data center locations",
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        {
          "title": "Google commits $40B to 3 new data centers, infrastructure in Texas through 2027 - Community Impact",
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          "title": "Construction underway on six building Claude data center - NewsChannel 10",
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          "date": "2026-09-23",
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        },
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          "title": "Crusoe Develops Google AI Data Center Campus in Armstrong County, TX - Crusoe",
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          "title": "Photos: Construction underway on six building Claude data center - NewsChannel 10",
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          "title": "Crusoe, Google to host community open house about Claude data center project - KFDA | NewsChannel 10 | Amarillo Texas",
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          "summary": "first buildings expected to be turned over to Google in early 2027",
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          "summary": "water recirculates for a period of about 15 years",
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          "summary": "primary power source will be the nearby Goodnight 1 and 2 wind farms, with ERCOT grid as backup",
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          "summary": "Google lists Google Armstrong County data center at Armstrong County, Texas on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026.",
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          "summary": "Data center project under construction in Claude off Lima Road",
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          "summary": "Groundbreaking was in June 2025 with more than 5,500 skilled laborers on site daily",
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