Google · Papillion, Nebraska

Google Papillion

284MW

The power of 230,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Jan 2023.

H100-equivalents: 101K
Capital cost: $9.0B
Chips: TPU v4, TPU v5e, TPU v5p
Users: Google DeepMind (unconfirmed)

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This page

Jesse Hawkins, “Google Papillion · The AI buildout”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 22 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-papillion/. Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

@misc{hawkins2026buildoutgooglepapillion,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Google Papillion · The AI buildout}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-papillion/}},
  note = {Data: Epoch AI, ``AI data centers'', CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-22}
}

The data · Epoch AI

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers' [online resource]. CC BY 4.0.

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Power over time

facility power · 7 milestones

Every milestone

4 Mar 2020 — Land clearing begins for Building 1 of expansion.
16 Oct 2022 — Building 2 under construction. Building 3 begins construction.
23 Jan 2023 95 MW Building 1 assumed operational due to vapor from cooling towers. Building 2 4/7 cooling towers installed. Building 3 roof complete coverage but unfinished.
15 Feb 2024 95 MW Building 2 assumed operational due to vapor from cooling towers. Building 3 5/7 cooling towers installed.
3 Aug 2024 284 MW Building 3 looks operational.
3 Nov 2025 284 MW Land cleared for Building 4 and 5.
4 May 2026 284 MW Building 4 shell mostly complete, Building 5 steel framing is underway.

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

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

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

Owners plan 272 MW of new power in Sarpy County, all gas

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

Turtle Creek Gas · 264 MW · Aug 2028 · proposed · Omaha Public Power District
Papillion Creek Wastewater Gas · 8 MW · Nov 2026 · being built · City of Omaha - (NE)

In service in Sarpy County today: 866 MW. Since January 2023: 528 MW added, 2 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

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 Papillion. 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.