NE · Otoe / Gage County County · 40.474°N 96.371°W
Google Nebraska AI Campus (proposed)
Key facts
- Location
- NE, Otoe / Gage County County
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW planned
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- Announced
- 2026-03
- Last updated
Civic impact
Energy & water
- Energy source
- On-site gas
- On-site generation
- 2,730 MW
Tenaska (Omaha-based) to build and operate a privately owned combined-cycle natural gas plant; capacity potentially exceeding twice Nebraska's largest existing plant (1,365 MW Gerald Gentleman Station); carbon capture technology planned; Tallgrass Energy potentially to supply gas and transport captured CO2 (Tallgrass later denied involvement); project contingent on passage of Nebraska LB1261 permitting private generators to interconnect with public utility grids
Cooling technology not disclosed in public filings. County officials and residents have raised concerns about combined water demand from the proposed data center and its associated natural-gas power plant.
Community sentiment
Otoe County commissioners passed a one-year moratorium on new data-center permits (May 2026), with the board chair describing sentiment as '50/50'; the Gage County planning commission unanimously recommended an 18-month moratorium (June 2026) to applause. Opposition centers on water supply, power costs, land use, and limited permanent employment.
Gage County Planning and Zoning Commission recommends 18-month moratorium on data centersStatus history
- Proposed
Project leaked via documents from a Nebraska public power district meeting in January 2026; Flatwater Free Press and Grist reported in March 2026; Google and Tenaska declined comment; neither has officially confirmed
Google proposes Nebraska data center requiring more power than all of Lincoln
Location
Sources & data provenance
Reported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
Last updated:
- Flatwater Free PressRetrieved:
- GristRetrieved:
- Nebraska Public MediaRetrieved:
- 1011 Now (KOLN/KGIN)Retrieved:
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