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Google West Memphis data center campus
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Google's first Arkansas data center campus, under construction at the south end of Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County, on a property reported at 1,000 to 1,200 acres. Google announced it in October 2025 as part of a $4 billion Arkansas commitment running through 2027. The developer of record, Groot LLC, filed plans with the US Army Corps of Engineers in late 2024; earlier reporting described a proposed $10 billion campus with five data center buildings and a substation. Construction began in October 2025 on an 18-24 month schedule. Entergy Arkansas is supplying power under a contract with Google, which is paying part of the cost of a new Entergy solar and storage project.
Source record as of 2026-02-26 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Google West Memphis data center campus
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, US. OpenStreetMap geometry of the southern end of Bollinger Road in West Memphis; sources place the campus at the south end of Bollinger Road. One source also gives 1500 South Loop Drive, which could not be resolved to a point. The campus parcel itself is not mapped here. The Daily Memphian; Action News 5 (WMC); Action News 5 (WMC)
Use: Cloud, Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 10,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2025-05-30 | Proposed campus cost reported before Google confirmed its involvement; it differs from the other reported figures. | Construction Briefing |
| Investment | 1,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2025-09-05 | Local reporting described the data center as a $1 billion project at the time Google confirmed it; no phase breakdown or source for the figure was given, and it differs from the $10 billion reported earlier. | The Daily Memphian |
| Floor area | 900,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2025-09-05 | Size given for the data center in local reporting at the time Google confirmed it; no phase breakdown was given. | The Daily Memphian |
| Land area | about 1,100 acres | Reported · Campus | 2026-02-26 | Sources differ on the property size: about 1,000, 1,100, 1,178 and almost 1,200 acres have all been reported. | POWER Magazine; Action News 5 (WMC) |
| Land area | 1,178 acres | Reported · Campus | 2025-05-30 | Construction Briefing | |
| Land area | about 1,000 acres | Reported · Campus | 2025-10-02 | Talk Business & Politics | |
| Land area | about 1,200 acres | Reported · Campus | 2026-09-02 | Described as almost 1,200 acres. | Action News 5 (WMC) |
| Buildings | 5 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-09-02 | Construction Briefing; Action News 5 (WMC) | |
| Jobs permanent | about 300 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-02-26 | Reported as about 300 positions expected, with Google hiring electrical engineers and facilities technicians. | Action News 5 (WMC) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google; Talk Business & Politics; The Daily Memphian | ||
| Groot LLC | Developer | Named as the developer of record in local filings. Before Google confirmed the project in September 2025, reports described Groot as widely believed to be backed by Google. | The Daily Memphian; Construction Briefing |
| Entergy Arkansas | Power supplier | Holds the power contract with Google for the project and partnered with Google on the announcement. Trade press notes that West Memphis Utilities, not Entergy Arkansas, is the local utility serving the city. | Talk Business & Politics; POWER Magazine; The Daily Memphian |
| Turner Construction | Builder | Reported in May 2025 as a lead contractor based on site signage. | Construction Briefing |
| Yates Construction | Builder | Reported in May 2025 as a lead contractor based on site signage. | Construction Briefing |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12 | Other | Actual | Groot LLC submitted site plans to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis office for water-mitigation review. | The Daily Memphian |
| 2025-09-05 | Other | Actual | Google and Entergy Arkansas confirmed the project in a joint statement. | The Daily Memphian |
| 2025-10-02 | Announced | Actual | Google; Talk Business & Politics | |
| 2025-10 | Construction started | Actual | Reported schedule of 18 to 24 months to complete. | Action News 5 (WMC) |
| 2026-09-02 | Other | Actual | Released records showed Google paying Entergy $526 million upfront toward a $1.6 billion solar project tied to the data center, with the remainder recovered from ratepayers; a federal judge declined Entergy's request to force newspapers to remove stories on the deal. | Action News 5 (WMC) |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Entergy Arkansas is to supply power under its contract with Google, using solar and existing generation; earlier reports said Entergy was considering a 500/230 kV substation. Google says it will cover the facility's energy costs and reduce its workload during peak demand. | Talk Business & Politics; POWER Magazine |
| Solar | The Google-Entergy contract includes investment in Cypress Solar, a 600 MW solar facility near Pine Bluff in Jefferson County; unlike Google's earlier solar PPAs, the money supports construction directly. | Google; POWER Magazine |
| Battery storage | The Cypress Solar project includes a 350 MW battery energy storage facility to be built by Entergy Arkansas. | POWER Magazine |
Google's $4 billion figure is an Arkansas-wide commitment through 2027 that includes the West Memphis data center along with other cloud and AI infrastructure and local programs, so it is not recorded as a campus investment, although some news reports describe it as the cost of the West Memphis project. Reported campus cost and size figures conflict and are kept as separate statements.
Sources for these details
- Google announces new $4 billion investment in Arkansas — Google; 2025-10-02
- Google announces plan to build $4 billion data center in West Memphis — Talk Business & Politics; 2025-10-02
- Entergy Will Power $4-Billion Google Data Center in Arkansas — POWER Magazine; 2025-10-03 · Archived source
- Google confirms West Memphis data center — The Daily Memphian; 2025-09-05
- Google linked to US$10bn data centre campus in US — Construction Briefing; 2025-05-30
- Google hiring for new West Memphis data center — Action News 5 (WMC); 2026-02-26
- Docs reveal plans for $6 utility rate hike to help fund Google's data center project in West Memphis — Action News 5 (WMC); 2026-09-02
Entergy Arkansas announced 'a second phase of its service to support Google's presence in West Memphis'. The release says 'The project will fulfill Google's plan for data center buildings on the site and accelerate the ramp-up of the original announced project', and that the planned system upgrades, about $600 million of investment plus a power purchase agreement, all covered by Google, include a 1,000 MWh battery storage system at Driver Solar near Osceola and a 400 MWh system near Hot Springs (both expected online in 2028), a 440 MW (ac) solar purchase agreement from the Big Island solar facility under construction in Mississippi County, and 'Expansion of the Galet substation near West Memphis and construction of two new 230 kV transmission lines to serve the expanded data center campus'. Entergy Arkansas's chief executive says Google 'is increasing its investment in West Memphis and building on the significant success of its first phase'. The expansion contract will be submitted to the Arkansas Public Service Commission and, pending approval, has an expected in-service date in 2028. evidence
Entergy Corporation (Entergy Arkansas, LLC) · published 2026-10-19
Google's post of 19 October 2026 refers to its announced plans 'to build in West Memphis, Arkansas', distributes the first $1.25 million of its $25 million West Memphis Energy Impact Fund to ten local organisations, and says Google is 'continuing our partnership with Entergy Arkansas by investing in new energy and grid infrastructure that will strengthen the power system for all of its customers'. evidence
Google LLC · published 2026-10-19
- Companies
- Developer: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Groot LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Groot LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Entergy Arkansas (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Entergy Arkansas (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Entergy Arkansas (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Turner Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Yates Construction (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Google hiring for new West Memphis data center evidence row
Action News 5 (WMC) · published 2026-02-26 · News - Locator
- Approximate site reference · Compiled location reference · approximate_site evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 243 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 35.11630, -90.21150
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Approximate site reference
- Scope class
- approximate_site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- OpenStreetMap geometry of the southern end of Bollinger Road in West Memphis; sources place the campus at the south end of Bollinger Road. One source also gives 1500 South Loop Drive, which could not be resolved to a point. The campus parcel itself is not mapped here.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 2a51650c
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docs reveal plans for $6 utility rate hike to help fund Google's data center project in West Memphis Archived copy | Action News 5 (WMC) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | Action News 5 (WMC) | f4770d14670c2941e86dadd12a6f0e1583fa2dce76254a8d4d7d6623aed829f8Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Entergy Arkansas: Entergy Arkansas announces enhanced partnership at Google West Memphis campus, delivering at least $500M in new savings for all customers (news release, 19 October 2026) Archived copy | Entergy Corporation (Entergy Arkansas, LLC) Utility record | Grid connection context | all-rights-reserved | Entergy | c15f5b89a4b3e24f54147e3577ee9ba86bd6ac7f1ba7ab410bbb627da1473f7cRetained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Entergy Will Power $4-Billion Google Data Center in Arkansas Archived copy | POWER Magazine Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Grid, Power Source: Solar, Role: Power Supplier | source-terms-not-recorded | POWER Magazine | f5cb15a8afcdd89192afccae99f6648481d4c92569fc4e67fd81f48792ccee86Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google announces new $4 billion investment in Arkansas Archived copy | Google Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Solar, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | 63fab01b47ff32593042c8547f85fd792a691d652e9832ea3d3433e0c30ffd10Factual source record; not the publisher page | |||
| Google announces plan to build $4 billion data center in West Memphis Archived copy | Talk Business & Politics News | Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier | source-terms-not-recorded | Talk Business & Politics | 183d60e83fb7ce0302162ac18b40f0488a4f4632ee46de49e6f08fada8f49217Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google confirms West Memphis data center Archived copy | The Daily Memphian News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier | source-terms-not-recorded | The Daily Memphian | 3e84462ee169684176df0c9de0cacf8861688276ff06cd02832f75e0b69dab60Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google hiring for new West Memphis data center Archived copy | Action News 5 (WMC) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Construction Started | source-terms-not-recorded | Action News 5 (WMC) | 0d2fbb198fd2bd12a21f2773cbff62c097f3776eaae2ad311c1a587e9336ec91Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google linked to US$10bn data centre campus in US Archived copy | Construction Briefing Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Land Area, Role: Builder, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Construction Briefing | b92722a345400782dfe2e83f3f72df01b0fb4de06024acfc42edd226bcd8d76eFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google: 'Partnering to strengthen the grid and support local communities in Arkansas' (The Keyword, 19 October 2026) Archived copy | Google LLC Company disclosure | Grid connection context | all-rights-reserved | 22b6843e3efe7ccd59f4d6b8cbcc243174f9c81123131e40a72b765fc6acaa13Retained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Google West Memphis data center campus [site vcc-site-1c393b2e71d64f0ffd69]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-1c393b2e71d64f0ffd69/
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