FACILITY PROFILE · MN

Google Project Skyway (Pine Island)

Google · Pine Island · MN

PROJECT FACTS

Facility overview

Permitted

Operator: Google
Location: Pine Island, Goodhue, MN
Operating power capacity: Not publicly reported
Planned power capacity: Not publicly reported
AI classification: Confirmed
Source confidence: Confirmed
Reported energy source: grid
Reported utility: Xcel Energy
Cooling system: air
Location accuracy: exact
Original announcement: 2026-02
Source record updated: 2026-10-13

Operating MW and planned MW are separate disclosures, not automatically additive. Blank values mean no established source figure; they do not mean zero. Geolocation may be approximate or represent multiple sites.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION

Original source links

Xcel Energy to power new Google data center in Minnesota ↗2026-07-07

A new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota ↗2026-09-18

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 ↗2026-09-18

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" ↗2026-09-18

Post Bulletin — Ryan Companies building for Google; facility uses "advanced air-cooling technology" with water limited to "domestic needs" ↗2026-09-18

City of Pine Island — Project Skyway (approval milestones, abatement, acreage, water, utility) ↗2026-09-18

KTTC — Pine Island City Council approves financial incentives for data center project (5-0 vote, 2026-02-04) ↗2026-09-18

Xcel Energy's agreement with new Google data center a model for industry (info sheet) ↗2026-10-13

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