Data Center Construction in Arkansas

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission is promoting the state's attractiveness to data center developers through competitive pricing and favorable legislation. Arkansas officials are actively marketing these advantages to attract data center investments to the state. While no specific projects or developers are named in this announcement, it indicates Arkansas is positioning itself as a comp

Google announced a data center project in Little Rock, Arkansas, marking the hyperscaler's entry into the state. The project joins an AVAIO data center already announced in the area. Capacity and investment value have not been disclosed. The project is in early stages pending approval. GCs, power infrastructure firms, and supporting-services vendors should engage now to capture work in this emergi

Google is developing a $4 billion data center project in West Memphis, Arkansas, with Entergy as the utility provider, but the two parties are keeping the details of their energy rate contract confidential. The secrecy around the power purchase agreement raises questions about the terms, pricing, and capacity commitments involved in what is clearly a hyperscale-level deployment given the massive c