Nov 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google said on

Friday it would invest $40 billion in three new data centers in

Texas through 2027, as the company accelerates efforts to expand

capacity for supporting its artificial intelligence ambitions.

Technology giants, including Alphabet, Microsoft ( MSFT )

and Meta Platforms ( META ), have been pouring unprecedented

sums into infrastructure to secure computing power and energy

capacity needed to sustain the AI boom.

One of the data centers will be in Armstrong County, in the

Texas panhandle, and the other two in Haskell County, a stretch

of West Texas near Abilene, Google said in a statement.