This is a source-attributed discovery row. It can help you find a place and its citations; it is not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is distinct or currently operating.
Reported geography
Source-reported location for Google Lincoln Data Center.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Address and locality
- Lincoln · Lancaster County · Nebraska
- Official metro area
- Lincoln, NE
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 9 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000721
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.
- Cooling
- Not established
- Announced
- 2023
Provider notes
Energy. 1011 NOW (published 2026-09-30) reports that Agate LLC's filing to the Nebraska DWEE states 52.65 megawatts of electricity 'during peak electrical demand'. This is a self-reported peak demand figure, not energy consumed (MWh) and not a contracted or planned capacity; the article gives no reporting period and no source/utility.
Water. Google is funding a $10 million, roughly three-mile dedicated line carrying non-contact cooling water from the data center's cooling system at 56th Street and Interstate 80 to Lincoln's Northeast Water Resource Recovery Facility at North 70th and McCormick Drive. The line is sized for 2,040 gallons per minute at peak — about 2.9 million gallons per day — and the water is dechlorinated and discharged to Salt Creek, bypassing standard wastewater treatment. Construction began June 2026 with completion expected January 2027. …
What the source record says
Google's FOURTH Nebraska site by official count and genuinely distinct from both Papillion (Sarpy Co.) and Omaha (Douglas Co.) -- also DISTINCT from the separate proposed Google/Tenaska gas-plant mega-campus already tracked as google-nebraska-ai-campus-proposed (that one is a ~4-county, still-undeveloped 1,000-3,000MW proposal; this one is Google's confirmed third/fourth site in north Lincoln, operational with construction continuing on site per KLKN 2026-08-06). Google's own Nebraska locations page (fetched) confirms Lincoln as a distinct site, 'development announced in 2023', part of a $1.2B investment announced that year across all three then-existing NE locations. A local TV station (KLKN, fetched) confirms the site is 'currently operational with ongoing construction phases' with roughly 200 on-site personnel, and that Google has committed to work with the city on water infrastructure; the city says it is not currently approving additional data centers beyond this one. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: widely-repeated secondary figures for this project (codename 'Agate', ~580 acres, ~$600M, sited northwest of N. 56th St & I-80) come from outlets that 403'd or paywalled on direct fetch this session (Lincoln Journal Star/tollbit, Nebraska Examiner) -- those specific numbers are NOT independently verified here and are omitted from the structured fields (capacityMw/investmentUsd/landAcres) rather than risk propagating an unverified figure; coordinates mark the N. 56th Street / I-80 interchange, where 1011 NOW places the cooling system and KLKN (2019) places the land northwest of the 56th Street exit; the building footprint itself is not pinned. Recommend a follow-up pass to re-fetch a non-paywalled primary source for the acreage/investment/MW specifics. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Checked Google's own data center locations page (2026-09-10); it describes community partnerships/workforce programs in generic marketing terms but documents no specific public hearing, resident testimony, or independently-reported local reaction.
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
- 2023 · source-reported proposed
Google's Nebraska locations page: development of the Lincoln data center was announced in 2023
- 2026 · source-reported operational
Google's Nebraska locations page lists a 2026 milestone: the Lincoln data center 'comes online' (no month given). KLKN-TV (2026-08-06) quotes Google calling it an operational data center so far, with construction still underway and a couple hundred people working on site.
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.
- Nebraska, USA -- Google Data Center Location · Google
- Google shares update on Lincoln data center · KLKN-TV (Lincoln)
- Construction begins on $10 million wastewater line to transport cooling water from Lincoln data center to recovery site · 1011 NOW (KOLN)
- Improper redaction reveals Lincoln's Google Data Center water and electricity usage (More questions than answers about Lincoln's Google data center water, electricity usage) · 1011 NOW (KOLN)
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID google-lincoln-ne. 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.
Operator’s own listing
What the operator publishes about this site on its own website, matched to this licensed row by DataCenterData. Facts are taken from the operator’s page, shown with a link to it, and not independently verified; no page text is republished and the licensed values above are unchanged. A match does not establish that the listing and this row cover exactly the same building, suite or boundary, or who owns the site.
- Name as listed
- Lincoln
- Address as published
- Lincoln, NE
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Opened: 2026.
Update this profile with a public source. The request includes topics needing more information; this does not mean the facility lacks them. Corrections and additions are reviewed before publication.
That does not mean the row is wrong, and it does not mean no reviewed record exists for the same place. A link is added only when an identifier or source establishes the match.
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-000721
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.
Location and precision
- Lincoln, NE · Lancaster (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Google
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 2023
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2023 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026 · source-reported operational
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.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
The provider reports water information but no cooling type.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-09
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 · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
Update this profile with a public source. The request includes topics needing more information; this does not mean the facility lacks them. Corrections and additions are reviewed before publication.