# Hello, Little Rock! — Google's official Port of Little Rock project site (as of 2026-06-11) > *Tier-3 first-party company statement. Google's own project website for the Port of Little Rock data center, captured 2026-06-11. This is Google speaking in the first person about the land whose recorded deed grantee is Willowbend Capital, LLC (Pulaski County Inst. # 2025033561). The original HTML is preserved alongside this extract.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** Google (littlerockdatacenter.com — company self-published project site) - **URL:** https://www.littlerockdatacenter.com/ - **Published:** undated page; captured as of 2026-06-11 - **Archived:** 2026-06-11, by Invoke-WebRequest (HTTP 200, 99,320 bytes) - **Wayback snapshot:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260612170233/... — Save Page Now succeeded on the 2026-06-11 submission (snapshot timestamp is UTC), capturing the page as of the archive date; a prior snapshot from 2026-06-03 also exists. ## Extract **Hello, Little Rock!** **Exploring Opportunities at the Port of Little Rock** "In April 2026, Google confirmed that we have purchased land at the Port of Little Rock for a potential data center. We are in the very early stages of reviewing this opportunity and evaluating options to determine if the site is the right fit for a long-term partnership with the community." "You asked, and we listened! We recognize that there is a lot of speculation out there. We've built this page to be the source of truth for facts and updates as we move forward together." [...] **Project Evaluation Timeline — "Where We are Today?"** "Infrastructure projects of this scale require careful planning. We are currently in the very early stages of a thorough review process." | Stage | Status | Description | |---|---|---| | 1. Site Discovery | Complete | "Preliminary identification of Southeast Little Rock as a potential location for investment." | | 2. Evaluation & Diligence | In progress | "Performing engineering research, environmental studies, and utility load modeling to determine technical viability." | | 3. Public Comment & Permitting | In Progress | "Engaging in standard procedures, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public notice, to evaluate impacts." | | 4. Final Determination | Future | "A final decision to build is only made after all diligence and public reviews are complete." | **Selected additional passages:** - On energy bills: "In short, no. Google pays its own way. Google pays for 100% of the power our data centers use, plus any new infrastructure directly driven by our growth protecting local residents from these costs." Cites a "recent Entergy Arkansas analysis" claiming "over $1.1 billion in net benefits" from "the energy initiatives tied to our new data center campus" [West Memphis]. - On water: "Given our preliminary review, should a project in Little Rock move forward, we would not use groundwater for our cooling operations." "The West Memphis Example: ... our West Memphis data center facility utilizes air-cooled solutions explicitly designed to minimize our water footprint." - On clean energy: "as part of our West Memphis investment, we are partnering with Entergy to add a new 600 MW solar project to the grid, backed by a 350 MW battery storage system"; "Google signed a 15-year agreement with Treaty Oak Clean Energy to purchase 100 MW of power from the Redfield Solar Project in Grant County, AR." - On West Memphis community programs: "we launched a $25 million Energy Impact Fund to help neighbors with affordability; in Year 1 of the five year program, $1.25 million of this is guided by a council of 12 local leaders." - Transparency framing: "Because project parameters —such as engineering requirements —are speculative during this early phase, we use this time to complete our research." ## Notes - Tier: 3 — company self-published content; **first-party status**: this is Google's own statement, in the first person, confirming the April 2026 land purchase at the Port of Little Rock and characterizing the project stage as evaluation ("Evaluation & Diligence — In progress") with no final decision to build. - **First-person ownership claim vs. recorded deed:** Google's page says "we have purchased land at the Port of Little Rock"; the recorded deed's grantee is **Willowbend Capital, LLC** (Pulaski County Inst. # 2025033561). The site is Google speaking in first person about that land — corroborating the Willowbend–Google identification from the company's side. (The deed instrument number is anchored in the Tier-1/Tier-2 record, not on this page.) - The page is undated and subject to change; this extract reflects the 2026-06-11 capture. A 2026-06-03 Wayback snapshot predates this capture. - Verbatim anchors preserved above: the April 2026 purchase-confirmation sentence; the "Evaluation" project-stage framing; "A final decision to build is only made after all diligence and public reviews are complete." - Cited by: (populated by wiki pages that reference this archive)