Google: Google proposes to build a data center in Kansas City

Google has submitted two planning applications to Kansas City to develop its Northland at the Hunt Midwest Business Center site.  The cloud computing company acquired 78.9 acres in Northland, Kansas City, in 2019, followed by an additional 236.4 acres in December 2021, stating that the parcel of land was for a "potential data center."

The land sales and planning applications have been managed under the alias Shalerock LLC, with the most recent proposal calling for a $8.5 million private grading plan and infrastructure review for an extension of a public storm sewer pipe between Parvin Road and Arlington Avenue. Google has not disclosed specifics regarding the development.

The Port Authority of Kansas City (Port KC) commissioners approved up to $25 billion in privately backed Chapter 68 bonds encompassing 35 years for property tax exemption in 2019, and shortly after that, the first land purchase occurred. Shalerock LLC was solicited for preconstruction and construction proposals by Port KC at the end of 2022. The applications list indicates that JE Dunn Construction, Olsson, and Global Earthwork & Underground are participating in the project.

Google is also planning data center campuses in Texas and Nebraska and has begun construction on one in Mesa, Arizona.