Google Pine Island AI Data Center (Minnesota)

In February 2026, Google announced a new AI-optimized data center campus in Pine Island, Minnesota. This 600-megawatt facility is part of Google’s Midwest expansion strategy and will be powered by a combination of new wind and solar projects through a partnership with Xcel Energy. The site will utilize advanced air-cooling to minimize water usage and is designed to support both training and inference workloads for Google’s latest AI models.