Google data center, Douglas County, NE

A mapped Google data center in Douglas County, Nebraska, the site is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. It covers 290,105 square feet and draws electricity from Omaha Public Power District, drawing on the SWPP balancing authority.

• 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.

• Google proposes Nebraska data center requiring more power than all of Lincoln - KMTV 3 News Now

  KMTV 3 News Now· Mar 13, 2026
• 4 ways Google data centers transform communities for the better - blog.google

  blog.google· Jun 11, 2025
• Google launches water conservation commitments for data centers in Nebraska, Iowa - Omaha World-Herald

  Omaha World-Herald· Jun 5, 2026
• Nebraska lawmakers advance bill linked to massive Google data center proposal - Omaha World-Herald

  Omaha World-Herald· Apr 26, 2026
• Senators advance bill for energy projects in response to Google's proposal for a Nebraska data center - Nebraska Public Media

  Nebraska Public Media· Mar 18, 2026
• Google wants to expand data center projects into Nebraska - Oklahoma Energy Today

  Oklahoma Energy Today· Mar 16, 2026

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

▶ ~56:40

Douglas County Board

Jan 26, 2021 · 5 data-center mentions

▶ ~100:24

Omaha City Council

Aug 10, 2021 · 2 data-center mentions

▶ 25:10

Omaha Committee

Feb 17, 2016 · 2 data-center mentions

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

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.

No reported violations as of last sync.

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

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

The nearest public school, Alfonza W Davis Middle School in Omaha, is 1.5 mi from this site (759 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).

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.