Google data center, Douglas County, NE

Google (Douglas County, NE) is a mapped data center operated by Google LLC, a subsidiary ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. The site covers 290,130 square feet and draws power from Omaha Public Power District within the SWPP balancing authority.

• Wind40.1%
• Coal24.7%
• Natural Gas24.7%
• Nuclear6.2%
• Hydro4.2%

Real-time generation mix for the SPP grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 9:25 AM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

• Google proposes Nebraska data center requiring more power than all of Lincoln - KMTV 3 News Now

  KMTV 3 News Now· Mar 13, 2026
• 4 ways Google data centers transform communities for the better - blog.google

  blog.google· Jun 11, 2025
• Google launches water conservation commitments for data centers in Nebraska, Iowa - Omaha World-Herald

  Omaha World-Herald· Jun 5, 2026
• Nebraska lawmakers advance bill linked to massive Google data center proposal - Omaha World-Herald

  Omaha World-Herald· Apr 26, 2026
• Senators advance bill for energy projects in response to Google's proposal for a Nebraska data center - Nebraska Public Media

  Nebraska Public Media· Mar 18, 2026
• Google wants to expand data center projects into Nebraska - Oklahoma Energy Today

  Oklahoma Energy Today· Mar 16, 2026

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

▶ ~56:40

Douglas County Board

Jan 26, 2021 · 5 data-center mentions

▶ ~100:24

Omaha City Council

Aug 10, 2021 · 2 data-center mentions

▶ 25:10

Omaha Committee

Feb 17, 2016 · 2 data-center mentions

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
  Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Omaha), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Alfonza W Davis Middle School in Omaha, is 1.6 mi from this site (759 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).

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.