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Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus

Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas · All 5 Serverfarm sites

Under constructionMixed receptionRecord updated September 15, 2026

Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Clarksville, Arkansas (Johnson County), operated by Serverfarm. The public record puts it at announced November 2025, 432 MW planned, 463 acres, a reported $6.6 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Serverfarm
Facility type: Data center
Location: Clarksville, Johnson County, AR
Coordinates: 35.4673, -93.4406 (approximate)
Power capacity: 432 MW planned
Land: 463 acres
Investment: $6.6 billion
Announced: November 2025
Utility: Clarksville Connected Utilities
Power source: On site gas
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: Mixed reception
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.

August 2026
Under construction
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported construction underway on a 463-acre campus near Johnson Regional Medical Center, with an initial phase of four buildings each drawing about 108 MW; Serverfarm's own site says it plans to complete the first two buildings by January 2028. Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
November 2025
Proposed
Serverfarm affiliate SF ARK1 LLC acquired two parcels totaling 135 acres just north of Clarksville's water treatment plant on Palmer Road; land was rezoned from rural to industrial. Five buildings in three phases were then planned, with the tenant company undisclosed. Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Arkansas Advocate reporting (July 2026) found divided local opinion: some residents optimistic about tax revenue and university partnerships, others skeptical ('A lot of it sounds like we got a lot of promises, but I don't think I'm the only one that believes big corporations don't always keep their promises').

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Arkansas Advocate reporting (July 2026) found divided local opinion: some residents optimistic about tax revenue and university partnerships, others skeptical ('A lot of it sounds like we got a lot of promises, but I don't think I'm the only one that believes big corporations don't always keep their promises'). More than 80 questions were submitted in advance of a town hall over environmental impact, utility costs and transparency.

Source: The Arkadelphian / Arkansas Advocate

Power and water

Per an ADEQ air permit application reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the campus is to be served by 40 on-site natural gas turbines rated 16.5 MW each (about 660 MW combined base load) built on property adjacent to the data center, plus 10 natural gas line heaters and three diesel emergency generators. Clarksville Connected Utilities holds an energy service agreement with Serverfarm for 18 MW for 'construction power only.' The on-site generation plant is tracked separately as serverfarm-clarksville-power-plant-ar.

Serverfarm's own campus page describes 'ACC Waterless' cooling in which 'cooling fluid circulates through a sealed loop' that 'recirculates water, significantly reducing water consumption' (stated as roughly 70% less than traditional cooling). The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nov. 2025) described it as 'a closed-circuit water cooling system, a system that is less water intensive than other water cooling systems.' Recorded as closed_loop because a recirculating water circuit is present; the 'waterless' marketing phrase alone does not make it air-cooled.

Notes on the record

Coordinates are an OpenStreetMap geocode of Palmer Road in Clarksville, the road the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette identifies as the site's location ('just north of the city's water treatment plant on Palmer Road'); this is a road-level approximation, not a parcel-confirmed footprint. Reported figures diverge across sources and are NOT reconciled here: acreage is reported as two parcels totaling 135 acres at acquisition (Nov. 2025) and as a 463-acre campus (Aug. 2026); investment is reported as 'at least one billion' (Nov. 2025), $6.6 billion (2026 reporting and Serverfarm's own page) and $8 billion (Arkansas Advocate, May 2026); building count is reported as four (Serverfarm's own page and the 2026 permit reporting), five (Nov. 2025) and six (trade press). Building size is given as 300,000 sq ft each by Serverfarm and 360,000 sq ft each in trade press. The 463-acre and $6.6 billion figures are used above as the most recent reported values. Serverfarm is owned by Manulife Investment Management per trade press not fetched in this pass and so not cited.

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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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus in Clarksville?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 15, 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 Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center 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 Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Serverfarm is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 432 MW. The site is recorded at 463 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Serverfarm ARK Clarksville Data Center Campus," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/serverfarm-clarksville-ar.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/serverfarm-clarksville-ar, retrieved October 1, 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.Clarksville's data center plan includes 40 natural gas turbines · Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · retrieved September 15, 2026
2.ARK - Clarksville Arkansas Data Center Campus · Serverfarm · retrieved September 15, 2026
3.Data center builder preparing $1 billion project in Clarksville · Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · retrieved September 15, 2026
4.Mixed opinions, limited information about $6.6 billion data center in Arkansas River Valley (Arkansas Advocate reprint) · The Arkadelphian / Arkansas Advocate · retrieved September 15, 2026
5.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: Palmer Road, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 15, 2026

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