Google data center, Pottawattamie County, IA
Pottawattamie County, IA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Google data center in Pottawattamie County, IA is a mapped facility, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 294,718 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 21, 2026
Overview
source: linkA mapped data center in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the site is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. The facility covers 294,718 square feet and draws power from Midamerican Energy Co, drawing on a grid managed by the MISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAlphabet Inc.
- Files asGoogle LLC
- This facilityGoogle data center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.4%
- Coal32.8%
- Solar15.4%
- Nuclear10.2%
- Wind4.1%
- Other2.2%
- Imports0.9%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:05 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELT- GOOGLE HOPES TO WORK WITH SALIX ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL - KSCJ 1360KSCJ 1360· Aug 5, 2026
- Construction worker seriously injured after becoming trapped at Google data center - WHO13.comWHO13.com· Aug 5, 2026
- Man found trapped underneath elevator in Google data center in Iowa, taken to hospital - report - Data Center DynamicsData Center Dynamics· Aug 5, 2026
- Worker hospitalized after elevator accident at Google Data Center in Council Bluffs - KMAland.comKMAland.com· Aug 5, 2026
- Council Bluffs Fire Department details what led to contractor being injured at Google Data Center - KETVKETV· Aug 4, 2026
- One hospitalized after being entrapped in elevator at Google data center in Council Bluffs - WOWTWOWT· Aug 4, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Omaha), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Titan Hill Intermediate School in Council Bluffs, is 3.3 mi from this site (863 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.