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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Address and locality
- Cedar Rapids · Linn County · Iowa
- Official metro area
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 26 July 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000708
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Alliant Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- Announced investment
- $576 million
- Community response
- Provider label: supported
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- May 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Cedar Rapids 20-year, 70% property-tax abatement (IEDA-approved) — ~$56M total over the term; contingent on a 31-job employment threshold · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025 Open cited source →
- Iowa data-center sales/use-tax exemption (Iowa Code §423.3(92)–(95)) — 10-year electricity exemption under H.F. 976 for cities >30,000 pop.; site's $576M investment exceeds the $200M threshold · Iowa · 2025 Open cited source →
- Cedar Rapids development-agreement 75% franchise-fee rebate on electrical service, per data center, for 20 years · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025 Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Big Cedar Industrial Center served by Alliant Energy; Google targets carbon-free electricity matching
Water. Traditional evaporative (water-based) cooling (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025: "the Google center is using the traditional water cooling method"). Estimated use "just over 4 million gallons of water a day" — a pre-operational estimate, not a metered figure. For comparison, Google's Council Bluffs campus averaged ~3.9 MGD.
Community. City Council approved the project in Jan 2025; Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity that changes the game for our city." Energy advocates raised water, grid, and emissions concerns (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025); no organized opposition or litigation found. Jobs (est.): "more than 1,200 construction workers" and "about 100 operational employees," with an IEDA minimum of 31 jobs at ≥$31.44/hr — estimates/contractual floors, facility still under construction. …
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- Land area: The source note describes 1,391 acres as the industrial park this campus shares with an adjacent QTS campus, not this campus’s own land.
What the source record says
Coordinates approximate for Big Cedar Industrial Center at 76th Ave SW and Edgewood Rd SW in SW Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids campus investment ~$576M; part of Google's $7B+ total Iowa commitment announced May/June 2025. Adjacent to QTS campus in same 1,391-acre industrial park. Also exploring a second Linn County campus near Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Palo.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2024-03 · source-reported proposed
Google identified via Iowa Economic Development Authority documents as developer behind Heaviside LLC at Big Cedar Industrial Center; initial project value $576M
- 2024 · source-reported under construction
Construction targeted Q2 2024; five buildings planned; first building targeted operational 2026
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Google pledges $7bn to expand Iowa data center footprint · Data Center Dynamics
- Google Announces Data Center Project at Big Cedar Industrial Center — Alliant Energy · Alliant Energy
- Google announces new $7 billion investment in Iowa · Google
- Google announces $7B investment in Iowa; $576M Cedar Rapids data center · The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
- Cedar Rapids data centers ignite concern from energy advocates · The Daily Iowan
- Data Center Sales and Use Tax Incentives · Iowa Department of Revenue
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID google-cedar-rapids-ia. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
State or local registry record
What a state or local government record says naming this company in this city (no street is given in the record). The record is cited, not republished. It does not establish that a data center is operating, its capacity, or its owner or operator unless the record says that role. It is not added to the counts on this page.
Matched by name and city only. The government record names Google LLC in Cedar Rapids and gives no street. It is shown here because this is the only published record with that name in that city; it may concern another site of the same company there.
- Publishing agency
- Iowa Economic Development Authority
- Record type
- state incentive award list
- Evidence scope
- Additional Google/Cedar Rapids project evidence, matched by name and city only. The verified quotes bind no award date or street. No lifecycle update is made.
- Named in the record
- Google LLC
- Location precision
- Cedar Rapids only
What this record does not establish
- That a permit, certification, tax status, or application means an operating data center.
- Current IT capacity, utility load, or generation capacity.
- Who operates the site. A company named in the record is not the operator unless the record says so.
- Who owns the site.
- Cooling redundancy. Mentioned equipment is not a design rating.
- Whether the record covers one building, a campus, or a suite, beyond the unit label the record itself uses.
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Recorded information
What this page records, grouped by topic, with the source's units and qualifications. Company-reported values stay labeled as company-reported. Related listings are shown separately.
Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000708
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Cedar Rapids, IA · Linn (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Google
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: May 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2024-03 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2024 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Alliant Energy
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Evaporative
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $576 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: supported
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Cedar Rapids 20-year, 70% property-tax abatement (IEDA-approved) — ~$56M total over the term; contingent on a 31-job employment threshold · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Iowa data-center sales/use-tax exemption (Iowa Code §423.3(92)–(95)) — 10-year electricity exemption under H.F. 976 for cities >30,000 pop.; site's $576M investment exceeds the $200M threshold · Iowa · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Cedar Rapids development-agreement 75% franchise-fee rebate on electrical service, per data center, for 20 years · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-07-26
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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