Google Project Helium
Hyperscale data center campus · Barber County, KS
Status Proposed · construction status UNKNOWN VERIFIED · MODERATE
Last checked against its sources Sep 28, 2026
The atlas adds the map, nearby response resources, infrastructure dependencies, hazards, and illustrative planning scenarios for this site.
Profile
Barber County announced development agreements with Google for Project Helium near Sharon. Google's project site describes two data-center buildings plus support buildings and anticipates construction in late 2026, while the public record does not yet establish that construction has started. The county-hosted deal summary describes an air-cooled design; project power capacity is not published. VERIFIED · MODERATE
Key facts
- Planned data-center buildings
- 2 data-center buildings plus support buildings
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Published cooling design
- Air-cooled
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Utility power capacity (MW)
- UNKNOWN
- UNKNOWN · UNKNOWN
- Campus acreage
- UNKNOWN
- UNKNOWN · UNKNOWN
VERIFIED values are stated by a cited source; DERIVED values are calculated from them; ESTIMATED values are approximations; UNKNOWN means no reliable public information, not absence. The map point is approximate and is not a parcel boundary.
Open questions
- UNKNOWN Facility power capacity and serving utility are not stated in the cited project materials.
- UNKNOWN Exact site, acreage, construction date, cooling details, and response resources remain unknown.
Changes (1)
- 2026-09-28 Added to the atlas Google Project Helium: Added to the atlas.
Sources (5)
- Data Center - Barber County, Kansas
- Barber County Project Helium Press Release
- Project Helium Deal Summary
- Barber County Data Center
- DCRA manual location approximation