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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Google Palo Data Center Campus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Address and locality
- Palo · Linn County · Iowa
- Official metro area
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 14 August 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000731
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
- NextEra Energy (Duane Arnold Energy Center)
- Power source
- Nuclear
- Cooling
- Not established
- Reported water use
- 12 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- Announced
- 6 October 2025
Provider notes
Energy. Google is helping recommission the Duane Arnold Energy Center with the intention that it power this campus; Iowa Public Radio reported the plant would supply over 90 percent of the data center's power, about 565 MW. That is a plant-supply figure, not a confirmed IT load for the campus.
Water. Iowa Public Radio (2026-03-04) reported the proposed project's water usage at approximately 12 million gallons per day. Linn County's data center ordinance required a water balance study; that study was funded through the county development framework and is 'on pause' after Google moved to annex into Palo instead.
Community. Residents raised water and energy use, noise and light pollution at months of Palo public meetings. Linn County supervisors objected to Google pursuing annexation into Palo to avoid county water-use and economic agreements; Supervisor Sami Scheetz called the workaround 'fundamentally wrong.' Linn County adopted an 18-month moratorium (effective 2026-07-01) on new EU-3 large-scale data center rezoning applications, and Palo passed its own data center ordinance on 2026-07-21.
What the source record says
Proposed campus of up to six buildings on land near the Duane Arnold Energy Center in unincorporated Linn County near Palo. Distinct site from Google's existing Cedar Rapids data center at the Big Cedar Industrial Center. No construction timeline set; Google shifted from county approval to annexation into the City of Palo in February 2026.
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
- 2025-10-06 · source-reported proposed
Google approached the Linn County Board of Supervisors about a project of up to six buildings near the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Sources and attribution
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- Google exploring data center project near Palo · The Gazette
- Google eyes data center in Palo to bypass Linn County regulations · Iowa Public Radio
- Linn County considers exception for Google as nearby Palo passes data center regulations · Iowa Public Radio
- Data Centers in Unincorporated Linn County (EU-3 district and 18-month moratorium) · Linn County, Iowa
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID google-palo-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).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000731
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
- Palo, 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 proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 6 October 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-10-06 · source-reported proposed
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: NextEra Energy (Duane Arnold Energy Center)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Nuclear
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
The provider reports water information but no cooling type.
- Reported water use: 12 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-08-14
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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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