According to several sources, including the Kansas City Business Journal and the Kansas City Star, a company spokesperson for Google has confirmed the build of Project Mica, a massive $10 billion data center campus in Kansas City’s Northland.
Trystine Payfer, Google’s Regional Head of Data Center Public Affairs, announced that the project includes nearly 500 acres, which will eventually feature five hyper-scale buildings, totaling roughly 1.56 million square feet.
Payfer emphasized that Google will cover the full energy costs under a new agreement with Evergy, the local utility company, to ensure that costs for residential consumers don’t increase.
Fox4 KC shared this statement:
“We have been proud to call Missouri home since we broke ground on our first data center campus in the state in 2024, which is still under construction. We’re thrilled to confirm we are continuing our growth with another data center campus in Kansas City. This infrastructure will support economic growth for the area, power Google services that Missourians and local businesses use daily and drive scientific breakthroughs that directly impact our communities.
“As part of our agreement with Evergy, which is based on our capacity commitment framework, Google will cover the full energy costs associated with powering both of the Google data center campuses. We look forward to continuing our growth and community presence in the Kansas City metro.”
Evergy could not confirm whether residential rates could go up due to the increased demand on the power grid.
While construction is already underway, a specific completion date is not yet known.
The project includes $1.75 million in upfront workforce development funding, with $1.5 million allocated to the Smithville School District and $250,000 to the Northland Career Center.
Local officials expect the project to generate hundreds of construction jobs and millions in new revenue despite approved Port KC tax incentives.