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1623 Farnam

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

OperatingNo reception on recordAI mixed useRecord updated August 16, 2026

1623 Farnam is an operating data center in Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County), operated under its own name. The public record puts it at 8 MW operating, a reported $10 million investment.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
1623 Farnam
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
1623 Farnam Street, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, 68102
Coordinates
41.2578, -95.9375 (approximate)
Power capacity
8 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$10 million
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. June 2025
    Operating
    Final two data halls completed June 2025, adding 1.5 MW of IT capacity and space for 280 racks. Source: Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over 1623 Farnam in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Omaha's carrier hotel: a nine-story, ~75,000 sq ft facility with around 8 MW of capacity at 1623 Farnam Street downtown, home to the OmahaIX internet exchange and some 60 carriers. News Press & Gazette Co. subsidiary Berks Group acquired Nebraska Data Centers and the 1623 Farnam carrier hotel in 2018 and established 1623 Farnam LLC, so 'Nebraska Data Centers' as an operator name is HISTORICAL, not current. Build-out history: a $10 million expansion in 2019 built out the fifth floor, floors six through nine were added in 2021, and the final two data halls completed in June 2025 added 1.5 MW of IT capacity and space for 280 racks. CEO Bill Severn cites 'significant demand from AI workloads, edge deployments, content platforms, and broadband networks'. The company is separately planning an OMA2 campus expansion explicitly aimed at AI and edge infrastructure growth, with no site, size or date disclosed on its own page, a LEAD to re-check, not yet a proposable facility. DCD also reports the facility serves Trump Media & Technology Group; that is a tenant claim DCD attributes to other reporting and is deliberately NOT recorded as a structured field. capacityMw is the ~8 MW total, not the 1.5 MW increment; investmentUsd records ONLY the sourced $10M 2019 fifth-floor expansion, since no total site capex is published. Coordinates are a street-address approximation.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the 1623 Farnam data center in Omaha?

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over 1623 Farnam in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the 1623 Farnam data center?

No lawsuit over 1623 Farnam appears in the record we track as of August 16, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does 1623 Farnam use?

No water withdrawal figure for 1623 Farnam is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates 1623 Farnam, and how big is it?

1623 Farnam is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 8 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "1623 Farnam," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/1623-farnam-omaha-ne.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/1623-farnam-omaha-ne, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.1623 Farnam adds 1.5MW to Omaha data center in Nebraska, nine-story facility, 'around 8MW of capacity across 75,000 sq ft'; final two data halls and 280 racks; $10M fifth-floor expansion 2019, floors six-nine added 2021; OmahaIX and some 60 carriers · Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive) · retrieved August 14, 2026
  2. 2.1623 Farnam Omaha Edge Data Center, 1623 Farnam Street, Omaha NE 68102; access to 60+ carriers and seven top IP transit providers; Omaha IX; planning a future OMA2 campus expansion for AI and edge infrastructure growth · 1623 Farnam · retrieved August 14, 2026

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