Google Hermantown Data Center
Google · Hermantown, MN · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 46.8068852, -92.2382464
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Minnesota Power
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
No dated operational history is established in this record. Publication, discovery and source-update dates are not opening dates.
Source notes
Listed by Google among its US data centers under development. As of August 2026, Google had not published a dedicated location page, capacity, investment figure, or timeline for this site, and as of October 2026 its US locations index still lists the site without a detail page. No investment figure is recorded. MPR News (May 2026) reports that under the proposed agreements Google was expected to spend $650 million on the first phase, and that the city expected three phases over eight to 10 years with a total investment "in the ballpark of $2 billion"; KAXE (May 2026) describes the build-out as four phases. The $2 billion is an estimate attributed to the city. The 100 permanent jobs are the long-term figure at full buildout given by Google's Liz Schwab, per MPR News. Coordinates are the Hermantown city centroid (approximate).
Google-Minnesota Power electric service agreement calls for 700MW of new clean energy resources (300MW wind + 400MW battery storage) to serve the campus; Google also committed $5M to Minnesota Power's energy-affordability and efficiency programs for low/moderate-income customers.
Sources and provenance
- Google Data Centers — US locations · source retrieved 2026-08-08
- Google is behind proposed Hermantown data center · source retrieved 2026-08-24
- Minnesota Power presents details on proposed data center deal · source retrieved 2026-08-24
- Hermantown begins new downsized site review for data center · source retrieved 2026-08-24
- KAXE — More details emerge as Google, Hermantown work out data center agreements (2026-05-20): waterless/air-cooled design, max 50,000 gal/day, AUAR status, public objections · source retrieved 2026-09-18
- Minnesota PUC — Data centers and the PUC's role: Minnesota Power / Harmony Group, LLC electric service agreement for Hermantown, docket 26-159, filed 2026-03-26 · source retrieved 2026-09-18
- Hermantown tables vote on key agreements for contentious Google data center · source retrieved 2026-10-13
- Google data center in Minnesota would be powered by wind, energy storage · source retrieved 2026-10-13
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.