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Arkansas Data Center Investment Tracker

Name: Arkansas Data Center Investment and Capital-at-Risk Record
Creator: SAVRN
Published: 2026-08-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Arkansas carries 2 named site commitments worth at least $10.6B in disclosed capital, set against 8 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 5 of them moratoria or delays, as of October 8, 2026.

Updated October 8, 2026 2 named sites 8 blocked, delayed or restricted 3 financing transactions 18 sources

Arkansas

2 capital providers on record

Named sites

Site-level commitments the atlas records in Arkansas

Disclosed capital floor

$10.6B

Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted

Disclosed capacity

n.a.

Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure

Blocked, delayed or restricted

$7.6B of announced capital in those projects

Who is investing

Who is investing in data centers in Arkansas?

The largest disclosed commitments in Arkansas are Serverfarm (SF ARK1 LLC) (Serverfarm Clarksville data center, $6.6B); Alphabet / Google (Google Arkansas commitment, $4.0B). Together the 2 named sites here carry a disclosed floor of $10.6B; sites with no dollar figure are listed but not counted.

Alphabet / Google 1 site · $4.0B

Named sites

Named data center sites in Arkansas

Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.

Site	Capital provider	Place	Capital	MW	Status	Sources
Serverfarm Clarksville data center Approved 30 July 2026	Serverfarm (SF ARK1 LLC) with Hatchbo LLC (tenant of first two buildings)	Clarksville, Johnson County	$6.6B	n.a.	approved
Google Arkansas commitment 2025-2026	Alphabet / Google	n.a.	$4.0B	n.a.	announced

Capital at risk

Blocked, delayed or restricted in Arkansas

Every project in Arkansas on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.

Project	Developer	Jurisdiction	Action	Capital
Serverfarm Clarksville data center bond ordinances referendum other Special election called 28 September 2026 for December 2026 (5NEWS: 8 December; KNWA: 1 December, pending Johnson County Election Commission approval)	Serverfarm (SF ARK1 LLC) and Hatchbo LLC	City of Clarksville / Clarksville voters	On Monday 28 September 2026 the Clarksville City Council, at a special meeting, unanimously called a special election on the two July 2026 bond ordinances for Serverfarm's data center after referendum petitions against each ordinance were certified with enough valid signatures (352 and 354 accepted of 425 submitted each). Voters will decide whether to approve or reject the ordinances, which carry a 65% property tax abatement structure; the vote is not directly on whether the data center can be built. Serverfarm said construction will continue during the referendum process.	$6.6B
Google-led port project other Moratorium failed 4 August 2026 on a 4-4 vote	Google	Little Rock, AR	Moratorium proposed to Jan 1 2027; measure deferred Jul 7 2026 On 4 August 2026 the proposed 18-month Little Rock moratorium on large-scale data centers failed on a 4-4 vote with two members absent; six votes were needed. The Google facility at the Port of Little Rock is expected to need 100 MW and about 1 million gallons of water per day.	$1.0B
Carroll County data center moratorium moratorium Jun 2026	n.a.	Carroll County	The county adopted a one-year data center moratorium in June 2026, one of a cluster of Arkansas counties outside Little Rock that paused approvals while Little Rock and Pulaski County adopted regulations instead.	n.a.
Independence County data center moratorium moratorium Aug 10 2026	n.a.	Independence County	The quorum court approved a five-year moratorium on commercial data centers on 10 August 2026, running through 31 August 2031, the longest pause recorded in Arkansas. No data center project was known to be planned in the county. Reporting on the vote date varies: KAIT8 and the Data Center Moratoriums tracker record 10 August, UALR Public Radio recorded 11 August.	n.a.
Madison County data center moratorium moratorium Aug 17 2026	n.a.	Madison County	The quorum court approved a three-year moratorium on data centers on 17 August 2026, the second-longest pause in Arkansas after Independence County. No data center project was known to be planned in the county.	n.a.
Paradox Data crypto expansion moratorium Jun 30 2026	Paradox Data / Z Squared	Union County, AR	Expansion on hold; one-year moratorium	n.a.
Russellville data center moratorium moratorium Jul 2026	n.a.	City of Russellville	The city adopted a six-month data center moratorium in July 2026.	n.a.
Wrightsville project other Jul 28 2026; dollar value n.a.	AVAIO Digital	Pulaski County, AR	Moratorium rejected, project unregulated	n.a.

Financing

Financing transactions tied to Arkansas sites

Transactions the atlas ties to a named site in Arkansas: joint ventures, project bonds, credit facilities, leases and power agreements. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.

Parties	Instrument	Amount	Date	Site
Serverfarm + City of Clarksville Clarksville City Council approved two bond ordinances totaling $55 billion tied to Serverfarm's $6.6 billion data center, with an emergency clause making them effective immediately. Residents began collecting signatures in August 2026 to put the bonds on the November ballot. After petitions gathered enough valid signatures, the city council in a special meeting on Monday 28 September 2026 unanimously called a December 2026 special election on the two ordinances ($50 billion to Hatchbo LLC and $5 billion to SF ARK1 LLC, Serverfarm), pending approval of the date by the Johnson County Election Commission. Serverfarm says its $6.6 billion investment includes the major mechanical and electrical systems, and the first phase is scheduled for early 2028.	incentive	$55.0B	Approved by Clarksville City Council July 2026; reported 30 July 2026	Serverfarm Clarksville data center
Google + Entergy Arkansas Records reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette show Google will pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million up front toward Cypress Solar, a 600 MW solar and 350 MW battery facility in Jefferson County that supports the grid serving Google's $4 billion West Memphis data center, plus $190 million for transmission upgrades. The terms sit within a special rate contract the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved in December 2025, and Entergy sought to stop further publication of the records. Entergy later characterized the full 20-year value at about $2.103 billion	utility special rate contract	≥$716M	Reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 31 August 2026 from records obtained under the Arkansas FOIA; special rate contract approved by the Arkansas PSC in December 2025	Google Arkansas commitment
Google + Entergy Arkansas Public Service Commission records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show Google will pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million up front toward Cypress Solar, a 600 MW solar and 350 MW battery facility in Jefferson County that will feed the grid serving Google's $4 billion West Memphis data center. The Arkansas PSC approved the special rate contract in December. Entergy sued the publishers over the disclosure on 1 September 2026, a federal judge declined to block further reporting, and Entergy voluntarily dismissed the complaint without prejudice on 16 September 2026.	Special rate contract with upfront generation and transmission payments	≥$526M	Contract documents reported 31 August 2026; Entergy full-term estimate reported 4 September 2026	Google Arkansas commitment

Policy context

What governs a data center in Arkansas

The policy layer for Arkansas lives in three companion references: the Arkansas Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.

Next door

States next door

Texas

106 sites · $200B disclosed

35 blocked, delayed or restricted

Missouri

10 sites · $27.2B disclosed

25 blocked, delayed or restricted

Tennessee

6 sites · $47.7B disclosed

26 blocked, delayed or restricted

Oklahoma

11 sites · $37.0B disclosed

20 blocked, delayed or restricted

Mississippi

7 sites · $74.8B disclosed

5 blocked, delayed or restricted

Louisiana

7 sites · $102B disclosed

3 blocked, delayed or restricted

On the map

Data centers in Arkansas

The US Data Center Map identifies 13 facilities run by 7 operators in Arkansas, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.

Arkansas data centers

13 facilities · 7 operators

Map, locations, operators, rules

Arkansas power and local economy

Generation, utilities and county records

Explore the power supply chain and local conditions behind the build-out

US Data Center Map

Every state, one page each

The national map and the operator directory

Sources

Sources for Arkansas

Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.

arkansasonline.comArkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwahomepage.comKNWA/FOX24
aol.comKNWA/FOX24 via AOL
datacenterdynamics.comDCD
5newsonline.com5NEWS (KFSM)
nwahomepage.comKNWA FOX24
interconnectedcapital.comInterconnected Capital
arkansasonline.comArkansas Democrat-Gazette
ualrpublicradio.orgUALR Public Radio
datacenterbans.comData Center Moratoriums tracker
kait8.comKAIT8
mcrecordonline.comMadison County Record
yahoo.comYahoo News (KNWA)
nwahomepage.comKNWA FOX24, 29 September 2026
arkansasonline.comArkansas Democrat-Gazette
finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance (Insider Monkey)
myarklamiss.comKARD (Nexstar), via MSN
arktimes.comArkansas Times

Every state, one page each

Alabama 9 / 21 Alaska 1 / 1 Arizona 11 / 11 Arkansas 2 / 8 California 10 / 35 Colorado 6 / 21 Connecticut 0 / 6 Delaware 0 / 5 Florida 0 / 46 Georgia 23 / 57 Hawaii 0 / 0 Idaho 2 / 2 Illinois 10 / 35 Indiana 14 / 44 Iowa 3 / 22 Kansas 5 / 19 Kentucky 6 / 26 Louisiana 7 / 3 Maine 0 / 20 Maryland 1 / 22 Massachusetts 0 / 11 Michigan 4 / 55 Minnesota 3 / 31 Mississippi 7 / 5 Missouri 10 / 25 Montana 1 / 10 Nebraska 3 / 16 Nevada 8 / 12 New Hampshire 0 / 5 New Jersey 4 / 61 New Mexico 3 / 10 New York 6 / 21 North Carolina 10 / 45 North Dakota 6 / 4 Ohio 24 / 80 Oklahoma 11 / 20 Oregon 1 / 8 Pennsylvania 16 / 42 Rhode Island 0 / 5 South Carolina 6 / 20 South Dakota 1 / 6 Tennessee 6 / 26 Texas 106 / 35 Utah 11 / 12 Vermont 0 / 3 Virginia 33 / 50 Washington 9 / 22 Washington, DC 0 / 0 West Virginia 4 / 3 Wisconsin 4 / 45 Wyoming 11 / 5

Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.

Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.

The SAVRN reference set

Seven references, one system

Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.

Delay Watchlist

Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.

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Moratorium Tracker

The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.

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Water Tracker

Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.

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Grid Operator Watchlist

ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.

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Permits and Power Development

Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.

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SAVRN Scarcity Tracker

Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.

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