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Google Project Mica

Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 24, 2026

Google Project Mica is a data center under construction in Kansas City, Missouri (Clay County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced February 2026, 500 MW planned, 493 acres, a reported $10 billion investment.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
12701 N Arrowhead Trafficway, Kansas City, Clay County, MO
Coordinates
39.2740, -94.6510
Power capacity
500 MW planned
Land
493 acres
Investment
$10 billion
Announced
February 2026
Utility
Evergy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Port KC taxable revenue bond authorization, ceiling $10B (a financing authorization, NOT an abatement value: the city takes title so the property becomes tax-exempt, and the resulting relief is the separate property-tax abatement itemized below), Kansas City, MO, 2025 | 25-year 75% property tax abatement and 100% local/state sales tax exemption on construction materials, Missouri / City of Smithville, 2025
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. February 2026
    Under construction
    Google confirms Project Mica; construction already underway; first building expected within 18 to 24 months Source: KSHB
  2. July 2025
    Permitted
    City of Smithville and Port KC approve $10B campus; Google still unconfirmed publicly at this stage Source: KCTV5
  3. 2024
    Proposed
    Google acquires ~493 acres in KC Northland; site originally known as Rocky Branch Creek Technology Park (formerly a QTS/Diode Ventures plan)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Project Mica in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

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

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Port KC taxable revenue bond authorization, ceiling $10B (a financing authorization, NOT an abatement value: the city takes title so the property becomes tax-exempt, and the resulting relief is the separate property-tax abatement itemized below)Not establishedKansas City, MO2025
25-year 75% property tax abatement and 100% local/state sales tax exemption on construction materialsNot establishedMissouri / City of Smithville2025

Notes on the record

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 are approximate for the site northeast of the I-435/US-169 interchange.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google Project Mica data center in Kansas City?

Nothing on record as of August 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Project Mica in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Project Mica data center?

No lawsuit over Google Project Mica appears in the record we track as of August 24, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Google Project Mica use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Project Mica is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Google Project Mica, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 500 MW. The site is recorded at 493 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Project Mica," updated August 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-project-mica-kc-northland-mo.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/google-project-mica-kc-northland-mo, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.$10B, 500-acre Google campus gets stamp of approval near Smithville · KCTV5 · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Google announces construction underway for second data center campus in Kansas City · KSHB · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Google confirms new data center development in Kansas City's Northland · KCTV5 · retrieved August 24, 2026

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