Alphabet’s Google is boosting its investment in South Carolina, with a $9 billion plan to expand its artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the state. Google said Monday that the investment through 2027 will go toward scaling up its Berkeley County data center campus and supporting ongoing construction of two new sites in Dorchester County. The investment will also help fund “programs to protect energy affordability and train the local workforce for careers in the state’s growing tech and energy sector,” said Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, in a LinkedIn post. “This investment helps support job growth in South Carolina as it benefits from the upside of AI,” Porat said. The U.S. tech giant also said that it will be providing a grant for a training program to prepare over 160 apprentices for careers in the state’s growing tech and energy sector. Since the Berkeley County data center was built in 2007, Google said that it has invested more than $4.5 billion in the state.

Full report : Google says it will invest $9 billion in South Carolina through 2027 to scale up its Berkeley County data center campus and help build two sites in Dorchester County.