# Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson)

> Under construction: a 236 MW data center in Dorchester County, South Carolina, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Google is building a 236 MW data center in Dorchester County, South Carolina (under construction). 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)
- **Stage:** Under construction (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:** 236 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Site area:** 231 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $1.65B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported jobs:** 200 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Sep 26, 2024 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** Sep 26, 2024 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2027 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Ridgeville (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:** Dorchester (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:** South Carolina (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:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Solar (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** Property tax rate reduced to 4% (owner-occupied residential rate) for up to 53 years (Dorchester County, SC) (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 Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson) | Under construction | Not reported |
| Compute Atlas | Google Winding Woods Campus | Under construction | Not reported |
| Server Country | Google Pine Hill Business Campus Data Center | Under construction | Not reported |
| Server Country | Google Winding Woods Commerce Park Data Center | Under construction | 236 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 26, 2026), Compute Atlas (Jul 25, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction.

### Who is building Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson)?

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

### When is Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson) expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in 2027. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson)?

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

### How do contractors on Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson) get paid sooner?

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027.
- [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/). Reported for 2026.
- [Construction start reported](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/). Reported for 2026.
- **Sep 26, 2024:** [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/)
- **Sep 26, 2024:** [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)
- [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/). Reported for 2024-09.
- [Construction start reported](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/). Reported for 2024-09.

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- [Cielo Digital Infrastructure Cherokee County Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cielo-digital-infrastructure-cherokee-county-campus-sc-dc_b24cc33626d7): Same state
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- [DC BLOX Camp Hall Hyperscale Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/dc-blox-camp-hall-hyperscale-campus-sc-dc_438ce9f45fe6): Same state
- [DC BLOX North Augusta Hyper Edge Facility](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/dc-blox-north-augusta-hyper-edge-facility-sc-dc_2d5800468977): 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://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/) · as of Aug 26, 2026 · record google-ridgeville-sc
- [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirms-it-is-behind-project-dawson-data-center-campus-in-south-carolina/) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [SC Governor's Office (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://governor.sc.gov/news/2024-09/google-grows-south-carolina-footprint-new-dorchester-county-operations-expansion) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [Baxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://baxtel.com/data-center/google-ridgeville-sc) · as of Aug 26, 2026
- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-to-invest-9bn-in-south-carolina-data-centers/) · as of Jul 25, 2026 · record google-winding-woods-st-george-sc
- [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-to-invest-9bn-in-south-carolina-data-centers/) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [Baxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://baxtel.com/data-center/google-winding-woods) · as of Jul 25, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0443
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0444
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/google-ridgeville-data-center-project-dawson-sc) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 271106535956805

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Google Ridgeville Data Center (Project Dawson)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-ridgeville-data-center-project-dawson-sc-dc_f691e8c5a145, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.