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Data center campus · Gum Springs, about 5 miles south of Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas

Project Pulse (Southwest Arkansas Mega Site)

Withdrawn as of May 1, 2026

An unnamed data center end user, represented by Atlanta-based DC Devco, signed to buy the 991-acre Southwest Arkansas Mega Site near Arkadelphia for about $11.4 million for a campus of up to about 2 GW, but the deal ended within weeks when the earnest money was not paid. Also known as: Project Pulse.

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Power2,000MW reported · stated
Site991acres

Who is behind it

ProjectProject Pulse (Southwest Arkansas Mega Site)Also: Project Pulse
Developer and teamDC Devco LLC
End userNot named; the local reporting said the shortlist was Google, Amazon, Vantage, CoreWeave, Oracle or DC Blox

The record, newest first

  1. The corporation formally acknowledged that the contract had ended because only $50,000 of the $200,000 earnest money was paid by April 27, and a planned May 4 community meeting was canceled. (The Arkadelphian, May 1, 2026)

  2. The Economic Development Corp. of Clark County unanimously authorized its CEO to sign a roughly $11.4 million purchase agreement with DC Devco for the mega site, with a 120-day inspection period and a closing target at the end of September. (The Arkadelphian, April 22, 2026; The Arkadelphian, April 25, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage is given as 991 acres and also as about 1,000 acres.
  • All sources are one local outlet. The meeting recording counts as a record of the board vote, but no board minutes were opened.
  • Jobs: at least 150 primary jobs under the contract; the campus was projected to be operating around 2032.

The full record

Status note
The county development corporation ended the land contract after the buyer missed the April 27 earnest-money deadline.
Power note
In the meeting transcript, representatives described about 2 GW at full buildout and a first phase of about 300 MW. The contract itself gives no MW figure.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.