# Google Hermantown Data Center > Proposed: a 600 MW data center in St. Louis County, Minnesota, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-hermantown-data-center-mn-dc_d5d58d87c2ca Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-hermantown-data-center-mn-dc_d5d58d87c2ca.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Google has proposed a 600 MW data center in St. Louis County, Minnesota (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Google (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Tenants:** Google (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 600 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 1,800,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Site area:** 278 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $1.20B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 100 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Mar 3, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2027 (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:** Hermantown (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** St. Louis (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Minnesota (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** Minnesota Power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Mixed sources (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Cooling:** Air cooled (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Hyperscale (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Incentives reported:** Property Tax Abatement; Sales Tax Exemption; Infrastructure Support (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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Google Hermantown Data Center | Proposed | Not reported | | Server Country | Hermantown Data Center | Proposed | 600 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Google Hermantown Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 18, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as proposed. ### Who is building Google Hermantown Data Center? Google is the operator; the tenants reported are Google. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Google Hermantown Data Center expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2030. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Google Hermantown Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Google Hermantown Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2030. - [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027. - **Mar 3, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) ## Related records - [C1 Bosque I](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/c1-bosque-i-tx-dc_7f9d282375de): Same operator - [Goodnight Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/goodnight-campus-tx-dc_3577901dafbf): Same operator - [Google - Council Bluffs Campus (Expansions)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-council-bluffs-campus-expansions-ia-dc_d99d0146eb9f): Same operator - [Google - LaGrange Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-lagrange-campus-ga-dc_3fd6fe9c9bd0): Same operator - [Google - Monroe County Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-monroe-county-campus-ga-dc_0e8dbdf32952): Same operator - [Archer Datacenter Faribault](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/archer-datacenter-faribault-mn-dc_a083172466c6): Same state - [Archer Datacenters Faribault Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/archer-datacenters-faribault-campus-mn-dc_66a1d9aaa986): Same state - [BlockchAIn Crow Wing County Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blockchain-crow-wing-county-data-center-mn-dc_bb72c4e43598): Same state - [CENTRA MSP1](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/centra-msp1-mn-dc_d321ad511a04): Same state - [Centra MSP1 Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/centra-msp1-data-center-mn-dc_f4d028924006): Same state ## 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: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · 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 - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://datacenters.google/locations/) · as of Sep 18, 2026 · record google-hermantown-mn - [Google (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://datacenters.google/locations/) · as of Aug 8, 2026 - [KAXE (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.kaxe.org/local-news/2026-03-03/google-proposed-data-center-hermantown-minnesota-power) · as of Aug 24, 2026 - [Fox21online (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.fox21online.com/news/local/minnesota-power-presents-details-on-proposed-data-center-deal/article_92618e5c-5e51-456f-b7d4-dfd7d99434e4.html) · as of Aug 24, 2026 - [Duluth News Tribune (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hermantown-begins-new-downsized-site-review-for-data-center) · as of Aug 24, 2026 - [KAXE (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.kaxe.org/local-news/2026-05-20/more-details-emerge-as-google-hermantown-work-out-data-center-agreements) · as of Sep 18, 2026 - [Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://mn.gov/puc/activities/v-l-e-c/data-centers/) · as of Sep 18, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0261 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/google-hermantown-data-center-mn) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 235113179235018 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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