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Google Kansas City Data Center (Hunt Midwest Business Center)

Google · Kansas City, MO · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
Not published
Coordinates
39.17256, -94.46443
Serving utility, source-reported
Evergy
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
Not published
Source record updated
2026-10-09

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

  1. Proposed

    Port KC board resolution authorizing bonds for a tentative $600 million Google data center on a 78-acre site within Hunt Midwest Business Center, reported under the code name Project Shale

    Underlying source
  2. Under construction

    Google's regional head of data center public affairs said Google broke ground on its first Missouri data center campus in 2024 and that it is still under construction (reported Feb 2026)

    Underlying source

Source notes

Google's first Kansas City-area campus, in Hunt Midwest Business Center, Northland, Clay County, announced by Hunt Midwest on 20 March 2024 as a new $1 billion Google data center. Distinct from Google Project Mica (the second campus); the Kansas City Star reports Google's Evergy agreement covers energy costs for 'both' campuses, and Google's own Kansas City page lists two new data centers, status 'In development'. Location: the 2023 Baxtel report on Google's planning applications (filed under the alias Shalerock LLC) places the work between NE Parvin Road and N Arlington Avenue, and the land comprises 78.9 acres bought in 2019 plus 236.4 acres bought in December 2021 (315.3 acres in total). The pin is the OpenStreetMap node where NE Parvin Road meets N Arlington Avenue (39.17256, -94.46443); the campus lies in the surrounding Hunt Midwest land, so it is approximate. A third-party Baxtel listing gives 9900 NE Parvin Rd, which Nominatim and the Census geocoder could not resolve to a building, so it is not used; a 2019 Baxtel report separately describes the 78-acre parcel as the former AK Steel site near MO-210 and N Arlington Avenue. Code name 'Project Shale': appears in two 2019 reports (Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Baxtel, both relaying local coverage of the 22 July 2019 Port KC board meeting) for the 78-acre Hunt Midwest parcel. The 2023 Baxtel report ties the same 78.9-acre 2019 purchase to Shalerock LLC, and Shalerock/Shale is consistent, but, as of October 2026, no 2024-2026 source consulted uses 'Project Shale' for the $1 billion campus, so the identification is an inference from the shared site, not a stated one (hence the record is marked reported). Status: only Google's 2026 statement (via the Kansas City Star) is dated and says 'under construction'; Google's own page says 'In development'. Baxtel's listing says 'Operational' with year built 2025, which conflicts and is not relied on; as of October 2026, no source consulted reports the campus opening. A 2024 announcement reportedly expected the first data center online in 2025 (not independently confirmed here). Investment: $1 billion announced March 2024 (the 2019 report cited $600 million). Baxtel lists up to 1.435 million sq ft in four phases plus ancillary buildings on 315 acres, which matches the 2023 planning filing as reported, and Evergy as utility; no per-building size or count is stated. As of October 2026, no facility MW load is stated in any source consulted; the 400 MW is new carbon-free generation (Beavertail Solar) contracted to offset demand, not the campus load.

KSHB (2024) says the site will be powered with 400 MW of carbon-free solar from the Beavertail Solar farm under a power purchase agreement with Ranger Power and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments; Google's Kansas City page also cites 400 MW of new-to-the-grid carbon-free capacity. The 400 MW is contracted supply, not the campus load.

Sources and provenance

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.

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