Google considering big data center project in KC with initial $600 million investment

International technology giant Google is considering an expansive data center project in Kansas City, North, with an initial investment of $600 million.

The Port Authority of Kansas City’s Board of Commissioners on Monday voted to approve bond documents for what had been called Project Shale, but is in fact Google’s latest data center project in the Midwest.

Tech giants like Google and Facebook have built data centers in states like Iowa and Nebraska to take advantage of cheaper land, alternative energy sources and central locations to house servers and other data components to support their far-flung web operations.