Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Virginia and an article referencing Sundar at the White House.
Seems pretty clear to me :)
EDIT: to be clear, I think investing in struggling, predominately red states is totally fine and good. I'm more taking issue with the way this information is presented. The red/blue text gradient, the "investing in America" focus, etc. It feels specifically crafted to appeal to a certain mindset. Contrast this with, say, the roll-out of Google Fiber in Kansas, etc. where the focus was on technology not patriotism.
I think all elected officials plug their ears when they hear this.
I know the governors of Wyoming gave land away to NCAR and Microsoft talking about how they were going to "diversify Wyoming's economy," and then every employee of those data centers was a contractor out of Colorado. The current governor has kept up the hype, now claiming that AI will be good for the local energy companies despite the fact that the proposed centers are going to be connected to out-of-state energy pipelines.
When you look at top campaign contributions and see Google and Microsoft at the top, you understand why the gubernatorial class keeps their ears plugged.
They have been advertising this initiative with various physical signage in Washington DC for the last several months. Very squarely targeted at lawmakers and the current administration.
Dont' be evil. → Do the right thing. → Investing in America. → Asking America for Investment. → Asking NVidia for Investment. → Begging NVidia for Chips. → Getting in the government free chip line with everyone else. → Selling retro Google logo t-shirts on ebay. → The Museum of AI discovery with the original Attention is All You Need hardcopy on display under a cheap glass case.
This initiative is meaningless if it doesn’t create jobs in the range where most employees are being shed in this new economy. It doesn’t mean that everyone needs to work for Google, just that FAANG companies need to invest in all sorts of places, for whatever suits their interests. Maybe this also means more incubators, or non-profit research programs to bolster foundational research.
Oh, I know this! Coming from a third world country, this kind of communication from major companies looks familiar. It happens because uncertainty about rule of law, so the company needs to show public alliegeance to the ruler to obtain protection (and favors eventually). We call this boot licking.
The fact that every company feels the need to do this shit simping for Trump just so that they can try not to get put on the chopping block is a shame on this country.
You mean like every company implementing DEI for the last administration? I don't like Trump but this is how both sides have been playing politics. I suspect I'll get downvoted and flagged for this which I think will prove my point.
It is so bizarre the way some people act like all DEI policies were introduced between January 2021 and January 2025. I can understand being against the policies, but people are just straight lying about how, why, and when those policies came to be.
And Trump isn't the first person to push for hiring in America or other such things. Under both Obama and Biden companies, government and academia significantly increased DEI spending. Multiple executive orders were signed by both to promoted DEI.
Fun fact, my comment said nothing against DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse on both sides. Even implying something isn't 200% amazing means you must be utterly opposed to it's very concept.
>Fun fact, my comment said nothing against DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse
Fun fact, my comment said nothing in support of DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse.
DEI was not implemented "for the last administration" like you implied. My comment was not even really about DEI, it was criticizing you for implying something that wasn't true. And you seem to know it yourself with the way you subtly shifted the conversation from "the last administration" to "under both Obama and Biden", pushing the age of these policies back another 12 years.
Maybe some companies implemented DEI because civil rights matter to people? And those that care have kept it.
Trump just cut a bunch of money to blue state projects. Did the last admin do that to the red states? 60% of Biden’s infrastructure bill went to red states.
> Maybe some companies implemented DEI because civil rights matter to people? And those that care have kept it.
And some companies care about hiring in America and always have. This is an article about Google which dropped DEI the second it could. Clearly it didn't really care.
What’s the point of having fuck-you money if you don’t ever tell anyone “fuck you”?
And if not these fascist wannabes, then who?
I get the business case of appeasing the folks in power. But this is embarrassing—precisely the folks that have enough power and influence to resist Balkanizing our economy and society are bending the knee, and they don’t have to.
Google is owned and run by oligarchs. Your theory of power is way off. You think the game show host and the wrestling valet, surrounded by the clown show of fox news blondes, financial fraudsters, and operators is the real power, and the people who run everything are the anti-fascists. Woke banks.
I know the purpose of getting you to think like that: even when you win, you'll lose. Then it will be the MAGA side thinking that the bubble-headed soulless dipshit Dem that's in the office is keeping down the poor tech industry and billionaires, and the cycle will continue.
Suddenly the pictures look like in the 1990s again. This is the company that radicalized software engineers and open source projects throughout the Biden administration and cheered on any woke cancellation.
And if Harris is elected in 2028, they'll flip again. I've never seen such blatant cowardice and treachery.
Off-topic, but do you think Harris is the likely D candidate?
I'm a mere observer of American politics, but both Polymarket and electionbettingodds.com have Gavin Newsom in the lead to be the candidate, and JD Vance to win the election.
Right now the party still seems to be scrambling. I really hope we get a decent candidate next time around so we don't get another geriatric oldfuck who just sweeps the election with little competition.
If they're even considering Harris again though, I have no hope whatsoever.
Newsom may be a minor improvement, but they really need to do some soul searching if they think neoliberal policy is going to win an election in 2028.
It really is quite astonishing to see how disconnected they are from their base. They should really have future elections in the bag with the way demographics and polls are looking.
I don't think this has much or anything to do with Trump. Data center industry is beset from the left by those ignorant of thermodynamics and angry that they studied English. More articles are published every week about how much energy or water the data center industry consumes than have ever been written about any industry in the history of written commentary, even when the other industries are hundreds or thousands of times more energy intensive. So the data center industry is out here trying to defend itself even though it is the only industry that builds its own renewable power plants, the only industry that is thoroughly transparent about its energy and water consumption, and an extreme outlier in terms of value gained for little impact.
PR to appease the administration I guess
Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Virginia and an article referencing Sundar at the White House.
Seems pretty clear to me :)
EDIT: to be clear, I think investing in struggling, predominately red states is totally fine and good. I'm more taking issue with the way this information is presented. The red/blue text gradient, the "investing in America" focus, etc. It feels specifically crafted to appeal to a certain mindset. Contrast this with, say, the roll-out of Google Fiber in Kansas, etc. where the focus was on technology not patriotism.
No investments in California? What are we, dog-meat?
What, the 4th biggest economy in the world needs an investment? Aren’t they supposed to be the investors?
What is Mountain View if not Google's largest investment of all?
What, the biggest economy in the world (US) needs an investment?
Sure doesn’t.
Bonus: The locals pay higher utility bills thanks to the “investment”.
Bingo. There's little to no employment creation here besides some temporary construction jobs. I hope these governors cry foul.
I think all elected officials plug their ears when they hear this.
I know the governors of Wyoming gave land away to NCAR and Microsoft talking about how they were going to "diversify Wyoming's economy," and then every employee of those data centers was a contractor out of Colorado. The current governor has kept up the hype, now claiming that AI will be good for the local energy companies despite the fact that the proposed centers are going to be connected to out-of-state energy pipelines.
When you look at top campaign contributions and see Google and Microsoft at the top, you understand why the gubernatorial class keeps their ears plugged.
Bend the knee for complete appeasement
'This is totally normal'
They have been advertising this initiative with various physical signage in Washington DC for the last several months. Very squarely targeted at lawmakers and the current administration.
HUNDREDS OF JOBS!!!
Finally, unemployment is OVER!
https://www.arkansasedc.com/news-events/newsroom/detail/2025...
Dont' be evil. → Do the right thing. → Investing in America. → Asking America for Investment. → Asking NVidia for Investment. → Begging NVidia for Chips. → Getting in the government free chip line with everyone else. → Selling retro Google logo t-shirts on ebay. → The Museum of AI discovery with the original Attention is All You Need hardcopy on display under a cheap glass case.
This initiative is meaningless if it doesn’t create jobs in the range where most employees are being shed in this new economy. It doesn’t mean that everyone needs to work for Google, just that FAANG companies need to invest in all sorts of places, for whatever suits their interests. Maybe this also means more incubators, or non-profit research programs to bolster foundational research.
Soon Sundar Pichai will wear a MAGA hat to avoid being deported.
Does those numbers ad upto what he said during the lunch !!
Most of these releases have older dates but surprised a number of these data center investment ones haven't been shared/mentioned around here.
They could start by prioritizing hiring americans
I'm sure that there were individual press releases that outlined each of these investments but it is nice to have them all in one place.
I thought that Google was doing more than ~30B in data centers, and some of the write ups talk about over the next 2 years.
I don't understand the objective if it isn't comprehensive.
Oh, I know this! Coming from a third world country, this kind of communication from major companies looks familiar. It happens because uncertainty about rule of law, so the company needs to show public alliegeance to the ruler to obtain protection (and favors eventually). We call this boot licking.
Good, massive corporations should always fear the government and stay in line under the rule of law.
We've spent far too long where things were the other way around, with the wrong side giving the orders.
The fact that every company feels the need to do this shit simping for Trump just so that they can try not to get put on the chopping block is a shame on this country.
You mean like every company implementing DEI for the last administration? I don't like Trump but this is how both sides have been playing politics. I suspect I'll get downvoted and flagged for this which I think will prove my point.
It is so bizarre the way some people act like all DEI policies were introduced between January 2021 and January 2025. I can understand being against the policies, but people are just straight lying about how, why, and when those policies came to be.
And Trump isn't the first person to push for hiring in America or other such things. Under both Obama and Biden companies, government and academia significantly increased DEI spending. Multiple executive orders were signed by both to promoted DEI.
Fun fact, my comment said nothing against DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse on both sides. Even implying something isn't 200% amazing means you must be utterly opposed to it's very concept.
>Fun fact, my comment said nothing against DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse
Fun fact, my comment said nothing in support of DEI and you assuming I did more or less summarizes modern political discourse.
DEI was not implemented "for the last administration" like you implied. My comment was not even really about DEI, it was criticizing you for implying something that wasn't true. And you seem to know it yourself with the way you subtly shifted the conversation from "the last administration" to "under both Obama and Biden", pushing the age of these policies back another 12 years.
Maybe some companies implemented DEI because civil rights matter to people? And those that care have kept it.
Trump just cut a bunch of money to blue state projects. Did the last admin do that to the red states? 60% of Biden’s infrastructure bill went to red states.
> Maybe some companies implemented DEI because civil rights matter to people? And those that care have kept it.
And some companies care about hiring in America and always have. This is an article about Google which dropped DEI the second it could. Clearly it didn't really care.
It’s just that we still have DEI. The uplifted group is just much smaller - billionaire friends of Trump.
What’s the point of having fuck-you money if you don’t ever tell anyone “fuck you”?
And if not these fascist wannabes, then who?
I get the business case of appeasing the folks in power. But this is embarrassing—precisely the folks that have enough power and influence to resist Balkanizing our economy and society are bending the knee, and they don’t have to.
Ah but they do say fuck you. To us.
You mean what they were doing before, when they offshored everything? How is investing in their home country the "fuck you"?
They have for a long time.
How? By investing in Google’s home country?
Where is that? Like a spiritual home?
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One of the first things you realize when you attain fuck you money is… there’s always a bigger fuck you.
You’re a billionaire? Nice, you depend on a stable government that enforces laws and protects you from violence for that to mean anything.
Google is owned and run by oligarchs. Your theory of power is way off. You think the game show host and the wrestling valet, surrounded by the clown show of fox news blondes, financial fraudsters, and operators is the real power, and the people who run everything are the anti-fascists. Woke banks.
I know the purpose of getting you to think like that: even when you win, you'll lose. Then it will be the MAGA side thinking that the bubble-headed soulless dipshit Dem that's in the office is keeping down the poor tech industry and billionaires, and the cycle will continue.
I don’t expect woke banks. I expect people to think there’s value to living in a society.
Suddenly the pictures look like in the 1990s again. This is the company that radicalized software engineers and open source projects throughout the Biden administration and cheered on any woke cancellation.
And if Harris is elected in 2028, they'll flip again. I've never seen such blatant cowardice and treachery.
Off-topic, but do you think Harris is the likely D candidate?
I'm a mere observer of American politics, but both Polymarket and electionbettingodds.com have Gavin Newsom in the lead to be the candidate, and JD Vance to win the election.
https://polymarket.com/event/democratic-presidential-nominee...
https://www.electionbettingodds.com
Right now the party still seems to be scrambling. I really hope we get a decent candidate next time around so we don't get another geriatric oldfuck who just sweeps the election with little competition.
If they're even considering Harris again though, I have no hope whatsoever.
Newsom may be a minor improvement, but they really need to do some soul searching if they think neoliberal policy is going to win an election in 2028.
It really is quite astonishing to see how disconnected they are from their base. They should really have future elections in the bag with the way demographics and polls are looking.
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I don't think this has much or anything to do with Trump. Data center industry is beset from the left by those ignorant of thermodynamics and angry that they studied English. More articles are published every week about how much energy or water the data center industry consumes than have ever been written about any industry in the history of written commentary, even when the other industries are hundreds or thousands of times more energy intensive. So the data center industry is out here trying to defend itself even though it is the only industry that builds its own renewable power plants, the only industry that is thoroughly transparent about its energy and water consumption, and an extreme outlier in terms of value gained for little impact.
Dammit. I should have known not to study English!
It's OK to study English, but it helps to squeeze in some elective thermodynamics and statistics if you can!