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Google Project Spade Campus

New Florence, Montgomery County, Missouri · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

Under constructionIn litigationAI confirmedRecord updated July 25, 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, a reported $15 billion investment. 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
Power capacity
1.2 GW planned
Land
934 acres
Investment
$15 billion
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.

  1. April 1, 2026
    Under construction
    Ground broken
  2. March 2026
    Permitted
    Construction permits delivered
  3. 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).

Notes on the record

DISTINCT from aws-green-new-florence-mo (AWS Project Green): 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. INVESTMENT OMITTED: the $15B is Google's Missouri-STATEWIDE infrastructure pledge ('Google will invest $15 billion in building infrastructure in Missouri, including a data center in New Florence'); the campus itself is described only as 'multi-billion-dollar', so no firm campus investmentUsd 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 (in notes, not jobs). 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.

Questions people ask about this site

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

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).

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 53 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 July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-spade-new-florence-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-spade-new-florence-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.Google pledges $15bn investment in New Florence, Missouri · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
  2. 2.Google Project Spade Campus - Baxtel tracker · Baxtel · retrieved July 7, 2026
  3. 3.Two huge data center projects in Montgomery County are dividing the community · Columbia Missourian · retrieved July 7, 2026
  4. 4.Montgomery County data center development sparks conflict · KOMU 8 News · retrieved July 7, 2026
  5. 5.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  6. 6.Missouri Governor's Office, Missouri Secures $15 Billion Investment from Google in Montgomery County · retrieved July 25, 2026

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