Google · Lincoln, Nebraska

Google Lincoln

170MW

The power of 140,000 US homes.

Drawing power since May 2026. Projected to reach 339 MW by Oct 2027.

Capital cost
$5.3B
Chips
TPU v6e, TPU v7
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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Jul 2023 — Land clearing begins for the site
  2. 23 Oct 2025 — Building 1 looks mostly complete: the large items like generators and substation are done. It is just missing 2 more cooling towers (4 fans). They just seem to be paving and setting up the secondary equipment so it is probably a few months away from operation. Building 2 foundation has been laid.
  3. 12 May 2026 170 MW Building 1 operational. This is based on the fact that is no more visible equipment or construction around the building, and based on previous imagery and when construction started on the last pieces of equipment (fans). Building 2's roof is complete, with generator construction more than halfway complete and cooling construction beginning. Electrical equipment on the side of Building 2 is also around halfway complete.
  4. 1 Oct 2027 · projected 339 MW Building 2 operational. Estimated based on the construction timeline for Building 1, specifically the time to operational since the roof was complete and the time to operational since the foundation work began.

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

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

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Southwest Power Pool SWPP · balancing authority

  1. Gas 27%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 5%
  4. Wind 37%
  5. Solar 2%
  6. Hydro 3%
  7. Other <1%

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

Owners plan 852 MW of new power in Lancaster County, all gas

power plants in Lancaster County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Princeton Road Station Gas · 748 MW · Jun 2029 to Dec 2029 · proposed · Nebraska Public Power District
  2. Terry Bundy Generating Station Gas · 104 MW · Jun 2029 · proposed · Lincoln Electric System

In service in Lancaster County today: 811 MW. Since January 2023: 4 MW added, 1 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Army corps land use application with a useful construction plan diagram, split across 7 phases
  2. DCD article on the start of site construction
  3. Rezoning approval, stating 75 ft building height

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 Lincoln. 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.