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Datacenter Source tracks 29 data centers in Nebraska, including 4 AI campuses. Facilities that disclose power add up to 843 MW online and 359 MW in the pipeline. These are floors, not market size: 14% of facilities have a power figure. Largest operators by tracked MW: Google, Meta and Union Pacific Railroad. 813 MW has been announced; 843 MW is documented as operational.

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Datacenter Source. “Nebraska data centers.” /states/NE. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.
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@misc{datacentersource_state_NE_2026,
  title = {{Nebraska data centers}},
  author = {{Datacenter Source}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{/states/NE}},
  note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; accessed 2026-10-12. Compiled from cited sources, including OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)},
}

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Floors, not market size. MW totals only add up facilities that disclose a figure (14% of 29 here); most sites don't, so the real totals are higher. “—” means not disclosed or not yet collected, never zero. CoverageData as of Oct 12, 2026
Facilities
29
4 campuses
Power online (floor)
843 MW
4 sites reporting
EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.100%
Under construction (floor)
359 MW
planned MW at active sites
EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.100%
Planned
—
0 planned sites (MW not disclosed)
AI campuses
4
843 MW online · 359 MW pipeline
AI compute
0.59M
H100-equivalents (est.)
Capital (reported + est.)
$26.3B

Online = operating sites; pipeline = remaining planned MW at sites under construction or planned. Percentages under each total show how much of it is backed by each evidence level. Average industrial electricity price: 10.00¢/kWh (EIA).

ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. filing, deed, permit or grid recordAnnouncedStated by the company or reported in the press; not yet backed by a filing or grid record. company or press claimEst.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. satellite, model or map inferenceHow levels are assigned

AI data center capacity over time

Facility power at satellite-tracked AI campuses (Epoch AI timelines), quarterly

0 MW500 MW1 GW1.5 GW2 GW2023202420252026202720282029
Observed (satellite-tracked) Projected

Construction pipeline by expected completion

MW from phases with a projected completion date

2027
2028

Power reality

Announced capacity vs. what grid records, construction and operation document. Facility-level sums; sources differ in coverage.

How to read this

Each bar sums one kind of evidence across facilities. Announced is the largest MW a company, utility, government or press source reported. Interconnection requests are MW in active large-load queue requests. Of the grid operators we ingest, only NYISO publishes these project by project. Contracted / approved means an executed interconnection agreement or a reported utility or power contract. Under construction and Operational come from construction records, imagery or operator reports.

The gap between announced and documented MW is capacity that has been claimed but not yet backed by a grid, construction or operating record. It is not proof a project won't happen. On-site generation is listed separately and never added to grid capacity. Method

Time to power puts each site's pending MW (announced minus operational) into a bucket by the midpoint of its evidence-based window. The window starts at the furthest documented stage and adds editorial ranges for what remains (e.g. announced: 2–5 yrs; land acquired: 2–4.5 yrs; planning / zoning: 1.75–4 yrs). Insufficient evidence means no dated stage evidence, not a delay. Windows are ranges, not forecasts. All ranges and rules

  • Announced813 MW
  • Interconnection requests—
  • Contracted / approved—
  • Under construction359 MW
  • Operational843 MW
Pending MW by time to power

Bucketed by the midpoint of each site's evidence-based window. Windows are ranges, not forecasts.

Largest gaps: announced vs documented

No large gaps in this scope.

Verified operating: 4Unverified: 25

Interconnection queues

Active requests to connect to the grid (SPP). Requests are applications, not commitments.

How to read this

A queue request asks a grid operator (ISO/RTO) to connect a new generator or large load to the transmission system. It then moves through studies (feasibility, system impact, facilities) before an interconnection agreement, construction and service. Filing is an application, not a commitment to build. Generation totals here are active requests only.

Why most aren't built: in the queue files we ingest, no grid operator in this scope publishes its withdrawn requests. These are shares of each published file, not completion rates. SPP is left out because their files don't include withdrawn requests. Queue sources

Data-center load requests are shown only where an ISO publishes them project by project (NYISO). Elsewhere, large loads go through utilities, and the ISO figures above (e.g. ERCOT's large-load tracking) are quoted from the operator's own documents.

Generation seeking interconnection13.63 GW · 70 requests
Gas 3.44 GWSolar 2.86 GWOther 2.45 GWStorage 2.3 GWWind 1.68 GWSolar + storage 905 MW

Coverage

How much of this scope our sources describe. Low coverage means data isn't disclosed or not yet collected, not that there's nothing there.

Data as of Oct 12, 2026
Facilities with a power figure14% (4 of 29)
EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.100%
Facilities with confirmed evidence0% (0 of 29)
Only estimated evidence (mapping or models)100% (29 of 29)

Confirmed evidence = at least one fact about the facility itself from a filing, deed, permit, interconnection record, or government or utility record. Regional context (state prices, nearby plants, utility territory maps) doesn't count. Most facilities come from OpenStreetMap, which records that a building exists but rarely its power, owner or status.

Coverage by Markets
MarketsFacilitiesWith powerConfirmed
Council Bluffs / Omaha2711%0%

Markets

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Data as of Oct 12, 2026
Online Under construction + planned
NameFacilitiesOnlinePipeline
Council Bluffs / Omaha27673 MW190 MW

Largest operators & owners

Online + pipeline MW at linked facilities

Online Under construction + planned

Largest customers & end users

Tenants and workload owners, where sourced

Online Under construction + planned
  • Meta105 MW + 0 MW · 1 sites

Utility exposure

Most likely retail utility by location (approximate)

Online Under construction + planned

Grid operators (ISO / RTO)

By facility location

Online Under construction + planned
  • SPP843 MW + 359 MW · 29 sites

Largest facilities

By online + pipeline MW; badge = evidence behind each figure

Data as of Oct 12, 2026
FacilityStatusOnlinePipeline
Google OmahaOperating + expandingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.284 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.190 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.
Google LincolnOperating + expandingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.170 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.169 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.
Google PapillionOperatingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.284 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.—
Meta SarpyOperatingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.105 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.—

Facilities by status

  • Operating27
  • Operating + expanding2

Counties

Local impact

Water, on-site generation and air permits, incentives, regulatory events and large-load tariffs, where a source documents them. Counts are of sourced records, not of the state's totals.

Water & cooling

0.2 M gal/day modeled at 3 sites EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.

Evaporative (cooling towers): 3 sites EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.

On-site generation & air permits

4 sites with documented on-site generation (MW not reported)

2 air permits matched to tracked sites ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record.Minor Emissions: 2

Incentives

Not yet collected

Utility & rates: large-load tariffs

Not yet collected for this state's utilities.

Regulatory events

Not yet collected