Google Hermantown (Adolph) campus
Operated by Google · Hermantown, MN, US1 srcupdated 3mo ago
Google confirmed on 2026-03-03 that it is behind a proposed 1.8m sq ft campus of at least four server buildings on 200-400 acres along Morris Thomas Road in the Adolph area of Hermantown, adjacent to Minnesota Power's Arrowhead substation; Minnesota Power says it will add 300MW of wind and 400MW of storage to serve it, and the electric service agreement was before the state PUC. Coordinates are a street-level point on Morris Thomas Road in Adolph, not a parcel. Sources do not state a committed IT load or describe the workload as AI-specific.
Compared to peers
Compared with 166 peer facilities in US.
- Capacity (MW)
- 0below median
- median 34 · p95 1,800
- Supplier coverage
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- median 0 · p75 0
- Announce → online lag
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Ownership chain (Google)
- L0 (entity)GooglellcUS
- L1 (top)Alphabet Inc.publicUS100%src ↗
Opacity score combines jurisdiction secrecy and chain depth (≥3 layers = +10, ≥4 = +20). Descriptive only — high opacity warrants review, not accusation.
Public subsidies & incentives
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Permits
- zoningHermantown (Minnesota) City Councilgrantedissued 2026.6.02
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