Google · Arcola, Virginia

Google Arcola

93MW

The power of 75,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Jun 2026.

H100-equivalents: 108K
Capital cost: $2.9B
Chips: TPU v6e, TPU v7

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Jesse Hawkins, “Google Arcola · The AI buildout”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 22 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-arcola/. Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0.

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@misc{hawkins2026buildoutgooglearcola,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Google Arcola · The AI buildout}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-arcola/}},
  note = {Data: Epoch AI, ``AI data centers'', CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-22}
}

The data · Epoch AI

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers' [online resource]. CC BY 4.0.

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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones

Every milestone

1 Oct 2024 — Building 1 foundation started
8 Sep 2025 — Building 1 roof complete, cooling towers in progress.
9 Apr 2026 — Building 1 appears almost complete, with minimal construction activity.
16 Jun 2026 93 MW Building 1 is operational, based off of colored motion artifacts from cooling towers and direct visual verification.

Gas made 41% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

PJM Interconnection, LLC PJM · balancing authority

Gas 41%
Coal 17%
Nuclear 31%
Wind 4%
Solar 3%
Hydro 2%
Other 3%

The grid of the utilities that serve Loudoun County, VA. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 170 MW of new power in Loudoun County, mostly solar

power plants in Loudoun County · EIA-860M, September 2026

Dulles Solar and Storage Solar · 150 MW · Dec 2026 · being built · Dominion Energy Inc.
Evergreen Energy Center, LLC Storage · 20 MW · Oct 2026 · being built · East Point Energy, LLC

In service in Loudoun County today: 812 MW. Since January 2023: 0 MW added, 0 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI

Google Investing $1B To Improve Northern Virginia Data Centers (via Aterio)

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Arcola. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.