Has Compute North had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Compute North.

Where is Compute North located?

Compute North is in Buffalo County, NE.

Mapped (unverified)

Compute North

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Nebraska?

Nebraska reported $5.7M in Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-2704.62) for FY2025 (Nebraska Department of Revenue). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Buffalo County, NE

Source: OpenStreetMap

Compute North is a mapped data center in Buffalo County, NE. DataCentersExposed has documented a 353,355 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~70-150 MW

Footprint

353,355 sq ft

Utility

Nebraska Public Power District

Grid

SWPP

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: SPP · gridstatus

Clean right now

50%

Fossil right now

49%

Grid operator

SPP

Wind40.1%
Coal24.7%
Natural Gas24.7%
Nuclear6.2%
Hydro4.2%

Real-time generation mix for the SPP grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 9:25 AM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Nebraska reported $5.7M in Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-2704.62) for FY2025 (Nebraska Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Grand Island), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$85.3K

People of color

16%

Below poverty

Tract population

6,296

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Sunrise Middle School in Kearney, is 1.4 mi from this site (577 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.