Overview
- Google announced a $15 billion investment to build a major data center in New Florence, Montgomery County, with plans for thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent roles.
- The company has already contracted more than 1 gigawatt of new generation capacity in Missouri and is working with utility Ameren to develop an additional 500 megawatts of capacity.
- Missouri law passed in 2025 requires Google to pay 100% of electricity and directly related infrastructure expenses for the facility, protecting local ratepayers from those costs.
- Google is creating a $20 million Energy Impact Fund to fund household weatherization, efficiency upgrades through the North East Community Action Corporation, and skilled trades training across nearby counties.
- The project uses air-cooling to limit water use and is part of a wider hyperscaler effort to secure power and compute for AI workloads, a shift that could push utilities to adjust grid planning and capacity investments.