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Google West Memphis Data Center

West Memphis, Crittenden County, ARDeveloper: Google

Also known as Project Pyramid, Groot LLC

Under constructionConstruction began October 2025; expected to take 18 to 24 months
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Google is building its first Arkansas data center in West Memphis as part of a $4 billion investment in the state through 2027. The campus is expected to have five buildings on a 1,178-acre property. Entergy Arkansas will power it, and Google will pay rates to support a new 600MW solar project with 350MW of battery storage in Jefferson County. Construction began in October 2025.

Stated investment
$4 billion[1]
investment in Arkansas through 2027
Permanent jobs (promised)
300

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size1,178 acres [2]
property size; other outlets report 1,000 and 1,100 acres
Source excerpt
“The campus is expected to span five buildings across a 1,178-acre property on the south side of Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County.”
Buildings5 [2]
Source excerpt
“The campus is expected to span five buildings across a 1,178-acre property on the south side of Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County.”
Stated investment$4 billion [1]
investment in Arkansas through 2027
Source excerpt
“a new $4 billion investment in Arkansas through 2027”
Permanent jobs (promised)300 [3]
Source excerpt
“Expected to bring 300 jobs to the area.”
Target completion18 to 24 months from October 2025 construction start [3]
Source excerpt
“The project is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete.”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityEntergy Arkansas [2]
Utility pages: Entergy Arkansas · data centers and bills
Source excerpt
“US utility Entergy Arkansas has announced that it will power Google's planned data center in West Memphis, Arkansas.”
Power supplyEntergy Arkansas grid; Google to support a new 600MW solar project with a 350MW battery system in Jefferson County [2]
Source excerpt
“pay rates to support the construction of a new 600MW solar project, tied to a 350MW Battery Energy Storage System, located in Jefferson County, Arkansas”

Money & incentives

Tax incentives65 percent real and personal property tax abatement [5]
Source excerpt
“65 percent real and personal property tax abatement”
Payments / community benefits30-year payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) arrangement with 65 percent real and personal property tax abatement [5]
Source excerpt
“30-year Payment in Lieu of Taxes”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

UtilityEntergy Arkansas [2]
Power supplyEntergy Arkansas grid; Google to support a new 600MW solar project with a 350MW battery system in Jefferson County [2]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Google confirmed as the company behind the West Memphis project [5]

  2. Construction begins [3]

  3. Google announces its $4 billion Arkansas investment and first data center in the state [1]

  4. Released documents show Entergy Arkansas and Google plan to cover two-thirds of the project's cost through a monthly ratepayer increase of nearly $6 over 20 years [7]

  5. A federal judge denies Entergy Arkansas a temporary restraining order that would have barred the Arkansas Times and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from revealing details of its agreements with Altitude Capital LLC, the Google subsidiary setting up the data center [8]

  6. Entergy Arkansas files a notice of dismissal of its lawsuit against the two newspapers and a central Arkansas resident [8]

  7. Legislators on the joint energy committee question Entergy Arkansas about the data center's effect on ratepayers and table remaining questions to next month's meeting [7]

Sources

  1. Google is investing in Arkansas with a new data center, energy efficiency programs and more.
    Google · Oct 2, 2025 · company
  2. Entergy Arkansas to power planned Google data center in West Memphis
    DatacenterDynamics · Oct 3, 2025 · news
  3. Google hiring for new West Memphis data center
    Action News 5 · Feb 26, 2026 · news
  4. Google announces plan to build $4 billion data center in West Memphis
    Talk Business & Politics · Oct 2, 2025 · news
  5. Google confirmed to be behind West Memphis data center project in Arkansas
    DatacenterDynamics · Sep 9, 2025 · news
  6. Reports: $10B Data Center Planned for West Memphis
    Arkansas Money & Politics · May 20, 2025 · news
  7. Lawmakers question West Memphis data center project’s impact on Entergy ratepayers
    Action News 5 · Sep 17, 2026 · news
  8. Entergy Arkansas drops lawsuit over newspaper’s publication of data center agreement details
    Arkansas Advocate · Sep 16, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Google West Memphis Data Center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-west-memphis-ar
MLA“Google West Memphis Data Center.” Data Center Census, Sep 24, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-west-memphis-ar.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-west-memphis-ar

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