Google · Kansas City, Missouri

Google Kansas City East

126MW

The power of 100,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Aug 2026.

Capital cost
$4.0B
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Power over time

facility power · 7 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Jan 2024 — Land clearing has begun for the site
  2. 1 Mar 2024 — Foundation work begins on Building 1
  3. 1 Oct 2024 — Foundation work begins on Building 2. Building 1 roof is fully black.
  4. 1 Jul 2025 — Foundation work begins for Building 3. Building 1 generators seem complete.
  5. 1 Nov 2025 — Foundation work begins for Building 4. Building 2 roof is almost complete, and construction appears to have started on cooling. Building 1 cooling construction continues, and the substation right next to it seems finished as well.
  6. 16 Apr 2026 — Building 1 is almost complete, with only cooling needing 4 more fans. Building 2 backup generator construction has begun, and cooling tower installation is about halfway complete. Building 3's roof is almost complete, and construction has started on generators and cooling. A clear foundation has been cleared for Building 4, though no construction has begun.
  7. 1 Aug 2026 126 MW Building 1 operational. Estimated based on present construction progress and typical timelines.

Wind and coal lead the two grids that serve Jackson County

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Southwest Power Pool SWPP · balancing authority

  1. Gas 27%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 5%
  4. Wind 37%
  5. Solar 2%
  6. Hydro 3%
  7. Other <1%

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. AECI · balancing authority

  1. Gas 39%
  2. Coal 49%
  3. Nuclear 0%
  4. Wind 13%
  5. Solar 0%
  6. Hydro 0%
  7. Other <1%

The utilities that serve Jackson County, MO, report to 2 grids; the data does not show which one feeds the site. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

No new plant is planned in Jackson County

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

In service in Jackson County today: 2.0 GW. Since January 2023: 10 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
  1. Hunt Midwest Business Center press release linking data center with Google
  2. DCD article on the site

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 Kansas City. 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.