Google · Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Google Cedar Rapids

314MW projected

The power of 250,000 US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 314 MW by May 2027.

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Power over time

facility power · 7 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 14 Jun 2024 — Land clearing begins.
  2. 27 Oct 2025 — Building 1 cooling towers and generators starting to be put in place. There's a foundation for Building 2 and 3.
  3. 29 Dec 2025 — About half of Building 1 generators are in place. Building 2 roofing has started - about where Google Omaha Building 3 was on 2025-03-16.
  4. 16 Apr 2026 — Building 1's generators are still only about halfway in place, and ~1/2 the cooling towers are still under construction. Building 2 roofing has been completed, and visible foundations have been built for cooling towers and generators.
  5. 31 Dec 2026 · projected 105 MW Building 1 is operational. There is still work to be done since April, and Q4 2026 operational estimate was based on visible progress then.
  6. 22 Feb 2027 · projected 209 MW Building 2 is operational. Based on Google Omaha Building 3 taking about 14 months from starting the roof to operation.
  7. 23 May 2027 · projected 314 MW Building 3 is operational. Earlier satellite images suggest it was about 3 months behind Building 2.

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Gas made 37% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. MISO · balancing authority

  1. Gas 37%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 14%
  4. Wind 15%
  5. Solar 6%
  6. Hydro 1%
  7. Other 1%

The grid of the utilities that serve Linn County, IA. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 100 MW of new power in Linn County, all solar

power plants in Linn County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Coggon Solar LLC Solar · 100 MW · Dec 2027 · being built · Clenera DevCo LLC

In service in Linn County today: 742 MW. Since January 2023: 210 MW added, 18 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

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selected by Epoch AI
  1. MISO new load announcements
  2. Permit application

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Cedar Rapids. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.