Google · Omaha, Nebraska

Google Omaha

284MW

The power of 230,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Apr 2024. Projected to reach 474 MW by Jul 2028.

Capital cost
$9.0B
Chips
TPU v5e, TPU v5p, TPU v6e, TPU v7
Users
Google DeepMind (unconfirmed)
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Power over time

facility power · 11 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 25 Nov 2021 — Land clearing begins.
  2. 8 Apr 2024 95 MW Building 1 operational, based on it being 6 months after roof was complete, infrastructure looked complete for 5 months.
  3. 29 Jul 2024 95 MW Building 2 has 3 cooling towers installed.
  4. 19 Nov 2024 189 MW Building 2 is operational, based on it being 8 months since the roof was complete, and surrounding infrastructure looks just completed (finishing the cooling towers).
  5. 16 Mar 2025 189 MW Confirmation that there's no obvious construction happening for Building 2. Building 3 roof started.
  6. 21 Apr 2025 189 MW Confident that Building 2 is operational
  7. 21 Oct 2025 189 MW Building 3 has all backup generators in place but they are still being installed. Two cooling towers have fans on them, with more underway. To the south of Building 3, more land has been cleared and there's a new carpark. This suggests another building will soon start construction.
  8. 15 May 2026 189 MW Building 3 appears almost complete, with only minimal construction work and equipment remaining. The cooling towers are spaced apart in an unusual way, but there's no obvious sign that more will be installed before operation. Buildings 4 and 5 haven't started construction yet, the cleared land is still empty.
  9. 30 Jun 2026 284 MW Building 3 is operational (estimate). Based on there being minimal construction work as of May 15.
  10. 23 Jan 2028 · projected 379 MW Building 4 is operational. Expect a 4th building because there's enough land cleared for it. Assuming the foundation starts at the end of May 2026 and it takes a similar time to Building 3 from foundation to operational (1 year 8 months).
  11. 23 Jul 2028 · projected 474 MW Building 5 is operational. We expect a 5th building because there's enough land cleared for one. We assume a roughly 6-month delay after Building 4.

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 Douglas County, NE. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

No new plant is planned in Douglas County

power plants in Douglas County · EIA-860M, September 2026

In service in Douglas County today: 941 MW. Since January 2023: 163 MW added, 6 MW retired. Owners plan to retire 291 MW more. 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. Draft basis of air permit with details of cooling towers
  2. 2025 Environmental Report

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 Omaha. 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.