Little Rock Port data center
Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR[4]Developer: Google[4]
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- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
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An unnamed company represented by Willowbend Capital LLC plans a $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot data center at the Little Rock Port, and Little Rock's Board of Directors adopted a resolution in April 2025 authorizing the mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding for it. In January 2026 a source close to the development told Arkansas Business that Google is the company behind the project. KATV reported in October 2026 that Google plans to build the $1 billion data center at the Port of Little Rock.
- Stated investment
- $1 billion[4]
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Floor area | 300,000 sq ft [1]Source excerpt“An unnamed company is looking to build a $1 billion, 300,000-SF data center in Little Rock, according to a resolution adopted by the city's board of directors at a special meeting Tuesday.” |
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| Stated investment | $1 billion [1]Source excerpt“An unnamed company is looking to build a $1 billion, 300,000-SF data center in Little Rock, according to a resolution adopted by the city's board of directors at a special meeting Tuesday.” |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 50 [1] source says "about 50 jobs" without specifying permanent or construction Source excerpt“The project would create about 50 jobs.” |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Local decisions & site
| Deciding vote | Little Rock Board of Directors adopted a resolution at a special meeting authorizing Mayor Frank Scott Jr. to sign the city's memorandum of understanding with Willowbend Capital LLC (April 2025) [1] |
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Water and power
Water
Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.
Power
Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.
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
Little Rock Board of Directors adopts a resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Willowbend Capital LLC for a $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot data center by an unnamed company [1]
A source close to the development tells Arkansas Business that Google is the company behind the Little Rock Port project [2]
Little Rock Board of Directors rejects a six-month moratorium on new hyperscale data center approvals on a 4-4 tie; the city’s data center ordinance adopted in June stays in place [4]
Issues raised
- Willowbend Capital LLC, led by Michael Montfort, represented the company and has not disclosed Google's involvement [2]
- The memorandum states additional data center facilities could be built at the site if the "right economic, business, and market conditions exist" [1]
- Action News 5: "Google is also exploring a second potential data center project in Little Rock." The report does not name the site [3]
Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.
Sources
- Little Rock Looks to Host $1B Data Center With Mystery DeveloperArkansas Business · Apr 29, 2025 · news
- Google Is Behind $1B Data Center at Little Rock Port, Source SaysArkansas Business · Jan 14, 2026 · news
- Lawmakers question West Memphis data center project's impact on Entergy ratepayersAction News 5 (WMC) · Sep 17, 2026 · news
- Google’s $1B data center looms as Little Rock rejects six-month moratorium in 4-4 tieKATV · Oct 21, 2026 · news
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Last updated Nov 11, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). Little Rock Port data center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/little-rock-port-ar |
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| MLA | “Little Rock Port data center.” Data Center Census, Nov 11, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/little-rock-port-ar. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/little-rock-port-ar |
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