Project dossier · Omaha, Nebraska

Google Omaha In review

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v6e. Epoch AI estimates ~237 MW.

Key facts

Operator: Google
Owner: Google
Tenant: Google DeepMind
Size: 237 MW
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Stage today: In review

Source
read 2026-08-14

What to do next

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

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What has happened so far (10 events)

2019-10-04announcement
Google held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first Nebraska data center in Papillion, confirming a $600 million investment; Governor Pete Ricketts attended. · source
2022-04-21announcement
Google announced a $750 million investment to build a new data center near State Street and Blair High Road in northwest Omaha, its first in the city proper, creating 120 jobs; Governor Ricketts and Mayor Stothert attended the event at the Papillion facility. · source
2023-01-03rezoning
Westwood Solutions LLC, representing Google, filed to rezone an additional 187 acres adjoining the existing 270-acre northwest Omaha site (totaling ~460 acres) for a data center campus of over 2.2 million gross square feet with 24/7 operations; the developer agreed to donate $100,000 for destruction of a 5-acre virgin prairie. · source
2023-08-22announcement
Google announced $1.2 billion in 2023 Nebraska investment, confirming a new $600 million Lincoln data center and Papillion expansion; the northwest Omaha campus was described as 'soon to be operational.' · source
2024-11-25announcement
Google reported $930 million in 2024 capital investment across its Nebraska data center campuses in Papillion, Omaha, and Lincoln, bringing its five-year cumulative Nebraska investment to over $4.4 billion. · source
2026-03-13filing
Flatwater Free Press reported Google proposed a new Nebraska data center requiring 1,000-3,000 MW (more than all of Lincoln's 800 MW peak demand), targeting 2029 online date; Tenaska optioned 2,600+ acres across Gage, Lancaster, Cass, and Otoe counties, and Governor Pillen introduced LB1261 to allow private energy generation for the project. · source
2026-06-02vote
Governor Pillen signed LB1261, permitting private companies to develop on-site electrical generation for industrial customers requiring over 1,000 MW, creating an exception to public power districts' exclusive authority; the law takes effect July 18, 2026. · source
2026-06-03environmental
Google awarded a $3 million grant to Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) to install acoustic leak-detection sensors across 500 miles of water lines, part of a $17 million nationwide water stewardship initiative; MUD projects the system could save up to 1 billion gallons annually. · source
2026-07-08coverage
Flatwater Free Press reported Google's Nebraska data centers consumed approximately 732 million gallons of water in 2025, up from 46.6 million gallons in 2022; new legislation LB1010 will require data center companies to disclose annual water consumption and power demand. · source
2026-07-20incentive
Governor Pillen signed an executive order suspending taxpayer-funded tax incentives for data centers and establishing a task force to identify safeguards protecting Nebraska's natural resources from data center operations. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

Nebraska Dept. of Environment & EnergyThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
Search Nebraska Dept. of Environment & Energy for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Search Omaha planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
Search Omaha property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Southwest Power Pool (Plains) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
Nebraska Power Review Board — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.160, -96.080 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Around here

Nebraska briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.

Other tracked projects in Nebraska

Google Papillion — Papillion, 2 mi Under construction
Meta Sarpy — Springfield (Sarpy County), 5 mi Under construction
Google Lincoln — Lincoln, 41 mi In review
Kearney Data Center — Kearney, 160 mi Awaiting decision

Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Google Omaha”, aigridwatch.com/projects/google-omaha, retrieved 2026-10-11.

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing

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