Google will invest money to support three data center campuses in central Ohio.

Online giant, Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion dollars to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. It now operates a center in New Albany and announced in May that it would build additional centers in Columbus and Lancaster to help power its artificial intelligence technology and other tools. Officials say…the additional money will be used to complete the Columbus and Lancaster centers…and expand the New Albany facility. Data centers have proliferated across the U.S. and have become a welcome revenue source for local governments. They also require a large amount of electricity and high-voltage transmission lines.