Google New Florence data center, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
6 events, January 2026 to September 15, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 2 statements and 1 line that is not an event of its own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Missouri.
A plain date is the day it happened, as the source states it, or as the line's own sentence states it ("voted on July 6"), which is where the line sits even when it was filed later. "Reported" and a date is the day a source published a line that carries no date of its own. Those lines, and lines that describe rather than report an act, sit under their month rather than on the timeline, with what was said and the figures other sources gave. Every timeline on the site reads its lines by this one rule. How dates are read.
Stages
2026 6 events
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 28, 2026)
Entry
Synapse Data Center Inc. proposed 1 GW campus in Olds, Alberta in January 2026. [12]
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 18, 2026)
Decision · Montgomery County (county)
Preserve Montgomery County, LLC filed a case in February 2026 claiming the county violated Missouri's Sunshine Law in approving a data center. abc17news.com
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(content date)
approved
Google announced $15 billion investment in data center in New Florence, Montgomery County, Missouri [10]
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(content date)
Entry
Montgomery County Commission unanimously approved tax incentive package for Google data center [11]
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
being built
Google announced 15 billion USD investment in May 2026 for hyperscale data center campus in New Florence, Missouri including 500 MW additional power capacity. [12]
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(content date)
Decision · Montgomery County (county)
On September 15, 2026, Cole County judge dismissed the state of Missouri as a defendant but the case remains active against Montgomery County. abc17news.com
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Also in September 2026: 2 statements and 1 line that is not an event of its own
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(the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)
Entry
Google lists Google New Florence data center at New Florence, Missouri on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [1]
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · Katie Ottenweller, Google energy market development
Katie Ottenweller, Google energy market development, stated Google will pay for 100% of power costs to serve data center operations Leader Publications local outlet
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · Geoff Marke, Missouri Office of Public Counsel chief economist
Geoff Marke, Missouri Office of Public Counsel chief economist, stated public counsel recommends community support be required for AI data center companies Leader Publications local outlet
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On the timeline: a stage change; an entry that reports an act on the day the source or its own sentence gives; and a decision, a published scorecard event on a row at or under the record's county, that reports an act. Under the months: a statement that names this record, a figure another source gave about it, matched by place and developer, an entry dated only by the day its source was published, and an entry or a decision that describes rather than reports an act. Each is on the record in its own right and keeps its own link.
For researchers
- Slug
- google-new-florence-data-center-mo
- Status value
- under_construction
- Events on the timeline
- 6
- Under the months
- 3
- Stage changes
- 2
- Decisions
- 2
- Statements
- 2
- Figures
- 0
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 1