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Google Project Spade Campus

New Florence, Montgomery County, Missouri · All 61 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

Under constructionIn litigationAI confirmedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Google Project Spade Campus is a data center under construction in New Florence, Missouri (Montgomery County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced January 2026, 1.2 GW planned, 934 acres. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Google
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: New Florence, Montgomery County, MO
Coordinates: 38.7910, -91.5080 (approximate)
Power capacity: 1.2 GW planned
Land: 934 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: January 2026
Utility: Ameren Missouri
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: In litigation
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.

April 1, 2026
Under construction
Ground broken
March 2026
Permitted
Construction permits delivered
January 2026
Proposed
Google confirmed as Project Spade end user; administrative review completed

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Google Project Spade Campus in New Florence, Montgomery County, Missouri is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. County commissioners unanimously approved; opposition group Preserve Montgomery County filed a Missouri Sunshine Law lawsuit against the commissioners (Feb 2026).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.

County commissioners unanimously approved; opposition group Preserve Montgomery County filed a Missouri Sunshine Law lawsuit against the commissioners (Feb 2026).

Power and water

Data Center Dynamics describes a closed-loop, air-cooled system that limits water use to domestic needs. The Missouri Governor's May 2026 release says the data center will use 'advanced air-cooling technology, limiting water consumption to uses like kitchens'.

Notes on the record

DISTINCT from AWS Project Green Campus: the two are on opposite sides of I-70 (Project Green north; Project Spade south, SE quadrant of the I-70/Hwy 19 interchange) - independently verified via DCD and Columbia Missourian. Site ~934 acres (~780 unincorporated + ~130 in New Florence). Developer: Related Digital. Campus targets 1.2 GW. A $15B figure was announced in May 2026, but its scope is not settled: Data Center Dynamics reports 'Google will invest $15 billion in building infrastructure in Missouri, including a data center in New Florence', while the Missouri Governor's May 2026 release describes 'a new $15 billion investment in building infrastructure in New Florence, Missouri'. Data Center Dynamics describes the campus itself only as a 'multi-billion-dollar' investment, so no investment figure is recorded. Amended from three buildings to two ~800,000 sq ft buildings; first operations targeted 2028. ~2,000 construction jobs and 'hundreds' of permanent jobs are projections (noted here, not recorded as job counts). Coordinates are an approximate site centroid (no verified parcel record).

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.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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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.

AWS Project Green Campus · New Florence · Amazon Web Services4 mi · Under construction · Contested
Crusoe Warrenton Campus · Warrenton · Crusoe20 mi · Permitted · Mixed reception
Crusoe Callaway County Data Center (proposed) · Kingdom City · Crusoe26 mi · Proposed
Foristell I-70 Data Center Site (216-acre annexation) · Foristell · Undisclosed developer30 mi · Proposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google Project Spade Campus in New Florence?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Project Spade Campus?

Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.

How much water does Google Project Spade Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Project Spade Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Google Project Spade Campus, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 61 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 934 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Project Spade Campus," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-spade-new-florence-mo.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/google-spade-new-florence-mo, retrieved October 29, 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.Google pledges $15bn investment in New Florence, Missouri · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
2.Google Project Spade Campus - Baxtel tracker · Baxtel · retrieved July 7, 2026
3.Two huge data center projects in Montgomery County are dividing the community · Columbia Missourian · retrieved July 7, 2026
4.Montgomery County data center development sparks conflict · KOMU 8 News · retrieved July 7, 2026
5.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
6.Missouri Governor's Office, Missouri Secures $15 Billion Investment from Google in Montgomery County · retrieved July 25, 2026

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