Google Project Mica

Facility record

Lifecycle

Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

39.3097, -94.5845

Serving utility, source-reported

Evergy

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

700 MW

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. 2024Proposed

   Google acquires ~493 acres in KC Northland; site originally known as Rocky Branch Creek Technology Park (formerly a QTS/Diode Ventures plan)

2. 2025-07Permitted

   City of Smithville and Port KC approve $10B campus; Google still unconfirmed publicly at this stage

   Underlying source
3. 2026-02Under construction

   Google confirms Project Mica; construction already underway; first building expected within 18–24 months

   Underlying source

Source notes

Five hyperscale data center buildings on 493 acres, northeast of I-435 and US-169 in KC Northland (near Smithville, Clay County). Google committed $1.5M to Smithville School District and $250K to Northland Career Center. Coordinates mark the I-435/US-169 interchange; Port KC places the ~500-acre campus at its northeast corner.

Google is Evergy's first customer under its Large Load Power Tariff (approved Nov 2025 by Missouri PSC and Kansas CC); up to ~700 MW to be supplied from Nashua substation and onsite substations at full campus buildout

Sources and provenance

• $10B, 500-acre Google campus gets stamp of approval near Smithville · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Google announces construction underway for second data center campus in Kansas City · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Google confirms new data center development in Kansas City's Northland · source retrieved 2026-08-24
• Google confirms Project Mica, a $10 billion data center campus in Kansas City · source retrieved 2026-10-09

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