Who owns Google Papillion?

Google Papillion is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

How much power does Google Papillion use?

Google Papillion has a reported power capacity of 600 MW.

Has Google Papillion had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Google Papillion.

Where is Google Papillion located?

Google Papillion is in Sarpy County, NE.

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Google Papillion

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Nebraska?

Nebraska reported $5.7M in Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-2704.62) for FY2025 (Nebraska Department of Revenue). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Sarpy County, NE

Source: Primary source

Google Papillion is a under construction data center in Sarpy County, NE, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 600 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Power & your bill

600 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 480,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in NE is 13.3¢/kWh, up 1.7% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

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Process

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Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Sarpy County, NE,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "Google Papillion":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

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Power

600 MW

Utility

Omaha Public Power District

Grid

SWPP

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Google Papillion is a hyperscale data center under construction in Sarpy County, Nebraska, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. The site reports a power capacity of 600 MW, drawing electricity from Omaha Public Power District within the SWPP balancing authority. Operational since 2023, it remains in active expansion.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Alphabet Inc.
Files as
Google LLC
This facility
Google Papillion

Known aliases: Google Papillion

The grid behind this site, right now

source: SPP · gridstatus

Clean right now

32%

Fossil right now

68%

Grid operator

SPP

Coal37.3%
Natural Gas31.0%
Wind23.3%
Nuclear5.0%
Hydro3.3%

Real-time generation mix for the SPP grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 AM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

1.1 mi

Unknown131651 · 345 kV

Transmission line

0.6 mi

345 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The 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

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Nebraska reported $5.7M in Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-2704.62) for FY2025 (Nebraska Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Nebraska subsidies →

Water use

Reported consumption369K gpd
2023 · consumption · reported as “Google Papillion” · source

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

Good

PM2.5

Good

PM10

Good

Air 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 2023

Median household income

$104.6K

People of color

19%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,706

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, Patrick J Thomas Juvenile Cntr in Lavista, is 0.4 mi from this site. 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

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.

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