# Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium)

> Proposed: a data center in Barber County, Kansas, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-barber-county-data-center-project-helium-ks-dc_6f95776049f4  
Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-barber-county-data-center-project-helium-ks-dc_6f95776049f4.md  
Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Google has proposed a data center in Barber County, Kansas (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Google (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 2 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $3 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Jan 12, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2030 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Sharon (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Barber County (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Kansas (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Approximate: city centroid (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** AI or machine-learning workload reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Server Country | Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium) | Proposed | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) reports it as proposed.

### Who is building Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium)?

Google is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### When is Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium) expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in 2030. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2030.
- **Jan 12, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)

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## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0701
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/google-barber-county-data-center-project-helium-ks) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 122687743609332

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Google Barber County Data Center (Project Helium)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-barber-county-data-center-project-helium-ks-dc_6f95776049f4, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.