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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Google Project Skyway (Pine Island).
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Address and locality
- Pine Island · Goodhue County · Minnesota
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 13 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000744
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- Source review · reviewed 2026-10-09: Google’s official data-center locations index lists “Pine Island, Minnesota.” This provides operator-and-city context only. It does not establish that the location covers this row’s particular project name, parcel, building boundaries, capacity or operating status.
- Google data-center locations index; document date not stated · source retrieved 2026-10-09
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Xcel Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Air
- Reported water use
- 0.152 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Land area
- 482 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced jobs
- 38 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: litigation
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- February 2026
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Property tax abatement (Project Skyway business subsidy agreement, 28 years) · City of Pine Island, Minnesota · 2026 · $36,578,343 (as stated) Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Xcel Energy; Google to cover new grid infrastructure costs. A separate 1,900 MW clean-energy build-out (wind/solar/storage) is tied to the ESA but is generation, not DC load.
Water. The City of Pine Island states water use will be "a maximum of 152,000 gallons per day or less once the entire project area is built out" — a permitted maximum for the full build-out, not a measured draw (152,000 gal/day = 0.152 MGD). Post Bulletin reports the facility uses "advanced air-cooling technology" rather than water cooling, with water limited to "domestic needs and operations such as bathroom and kitchen facilities" — i.e. no cooling-water circuit, hence coolingType "air".
What the source record says
Google's first Minnesota campus, Pine Island (Goodhue County), powered by Xcel Energy; ~250,000 sq ft initial building for AI applications. Electric Service Agreement pending MPUC approval as of Feb 2026 → proposed. The associated 1,900 MW (1,400 MW wind + 200 MW solar + 300 MW storage) is a new clean-energy build-out, NOT the data center's IT load — DC capacity not disclosed (omitted). Faces a local legal challenge. Coordinates are the Pine Island area centroid.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-02 · source-reported proposed
Xcel Energy signed an agreement to power a new Google data center in Pine Island, MN; Electric Service Agreement pending MPUC approval
- 2026-09-18 · source-reported permitted
The City of Pine Island records that on 2026-01-20 it granted final approvals — rezoning, annexation, final plat, final development plan and conditional use permit — and on 2026-02-04 approved a ~$36.5 million tax abatement. The city states "The developer is now pursuing the required permits through various state agencies", and its own milestone list records no construction start, so the record moves from proposed to permitted rather than under_construction.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Xcel Energy to power new Google data center in Minnesota · Xcel Energy
- A new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota · Google
- City of Pine Island — Project Skyway: ~482 acres, ~$36.5M abatement over 28 years, max 152,000 gal/day at full build-out, Xcel Energy as energy provider · City of Pine Island, Minnesota
- KTTC — council approves $36,578,343 abatement 5-0; agreement requires "at least 38 full time, on-site jobs, paying at least $31 an hour" · KTTC
- Post Bulletin — Ryan Companies building for Google; facility uses "advanced air-cooling technology" with water limited to "domestic needs" · Post Bulletin
- City of Pine Island — Project Skyway (approval milestones, abatement, acreage, water, utility) · City of Pine Island, Minnesota
- KTTC — Pine Island City Council approves financial incentives for data center project (5-0 vote, 2026-02-04) · KTTC
- Xcel Energy's agreement with new Google data center a model for industry (info sheet) · Xcel Energy
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID google-skyway-pine-island-mn. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000744
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Pine Island, MN · Goodhue (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Google
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: February 2026
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2026-02 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-09-18 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 482 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Xcel Energy
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Air
Provider label.
- Reported water use: 0.152 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced jobs: 38 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: litigation
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Property tax abatement (Project Skyway business subsidy agreement, 28 years) · City of Pine Island, Minnesota · 2026 · $36,578,343 (as stated)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-13
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
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Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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