Google has reportedly set its sights on Kansas City, Mo., as the latest site in its massive data expansion project.
Dubbed Project Shale, it would be the tech giant’s latest data center project in the Midwest, according to media sources. Google is prepared to funnel a $600 million initial investment into it.
Google is looking at the Hunt Midwest Business Center, an industrial park in Clay County, as a potential site for the project, a local news source reported.
On Monday, the Port Authority of Kansas City’s Board of Commissioners reportedly voted to approve bond documents for the project, which would allow it to issue up to $25 million in Chapter 68 bonds over 35 years for the project and make Google exempt from paying property taxes for 25 years.
The deal is still reportedly contingent on a number of factors, including land acquisition.
“Google is considering acquiring property in Kansas City, and while we do not have a confirmed timeline for development on this site, we want to ensure that we have the option to further grow should our business demand it,” said Andrew Silvestri, head of data center public policy and community development for Google, in a statement.
Google is making good on its $13 billion investment plan to expand the company’s data centers across the United States.
In June the company pledged $600 million to expand its data center in Oklahoma, and it committed an additional $600 million to break ground on a new data center in Texas.
