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Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus
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Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced May 2025, 1,391 acres, a reported $576 million investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA
- Coordinates
- 41.9360, -91.7230
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 1,391 acres
- Investment
- $576 million
- Announced
- May 2025
- Utility
- Alliant Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Cedar Rapids 20-year, 70% property-tax abatement (IEDA-approved), ~$56M total over the term; contingent on a 31-job employment threshold, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2025 | Iowa data-center sales/use-tax exemption (Iowa Code §423.3(92)-(95)), 10-year electricity exemption under H.F. 976 for cities >30,000 pop.; site's $576M investment exceeds the $200M threshold, Iowa, 2025 | Cedar Rapids development-agreement 75% franchise-fee rebate on electrical service, per data center, for 20 years, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2025
- Community reception
- Supported
- 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.
- March 2024ProposedGoogle identified via Iowa Economic Development Authority documents as developer behind Heaviside LLC at Big Cedar Industrial Center; initial project value $576M Source: Data Center Dynamics
- 2024Under constructionConstruction targeted Q2 2024; five buildings planned; first building targeted operational 2026 Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 26, 2026. City Council approved the project in Jan 2025; Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity that changes the game for our city." Energy advocates raised water, grid, and emissions concerns (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025); no organized opposition or litigation found.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
City Council approved the project in Jan 2025; Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity that changes the game for our city." Energy advocates raised water, grid, and emissions concerns (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025); no organized opposition or litigation found. Jobs (est.): "more than 1,200 construction workers" and "about 100 operational employees," with an IEDA minimum of 31 jobs at ≥$31.44/hr, estimates/contractual floors, facility still under construction. Separate community-betterment obligation reportedly requires Google to pay $400K/yr per data center for 15 years to a city-managed fund.
Power and water
Big Cedar Industrial Center served by Alliant Energy; Google targets carbon-free electricity matching
Traditional evaporative (water-based) cooling (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025: "the Google center is using the traditional water cooling method"). Estimated use "just over 4 million gallons of water a day", a pre-operational estimate, not a metered figure. For comparison, Google's Council Bluffs campus averaged ~3.9 MGD.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids 20-year, 70% property-tax abatement (IEDA-approved), ~$56M total over the term; contingent on a 31-job employment threshold | Not established | Cedar Rapids, IA | 2025 |
| Iowa data-center sales/use-tax exemption (Iowa Code §423.3(92)-(95)), 10-year electricity exemption under H.F. 976 for cities >30,000 pop.; site's $576M investment exceeds the $200M threshold | Not established | Iowa | 2025 |
| Cedar Rapids development-agreement 75% franchise-fee rebate on electrical service, per data center, for 20 years | Not established | Cedar Rapids, IA | 2025 |
Notes on the record
Coordinates approximate for Big Cedar Industrial Center at 76th Ave SW and Edgewood Rd SW in SW Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids campus investment ~$576M; part of Google's $7B+ total Iowa commitment announced May/June 2025. Adjacent to QTS campus in same 1,391-acre industrial park. Also exploring a second Linn County campus near Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Palo.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
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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.
- QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus · Cedar Rapids · QTS Data Centersunder 1 mile · Under construction · 1.1 GW · Supported
- Oppidan Cedar Rapids Data Center · Cedar Rapids · Oppidan3 mi · Permitted · 10 MW · Mixed reception
- Google Palo Data Center Campus · Palo · Google9 mi · Proposed · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 26, 2026. City Council approved the project in Jan 2025; Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity that changes the game for our city." Energy advocates raised water, grid, and emissions concerns (Daily Iowan, Dec 2025); no organized opposition or litigation found.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as evaporative, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1391 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-cedar-rapids-ia.
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/google-cedar-rapids-ia, 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.Google pledges $7bn to expand Iowa data center footprint · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Google Announces Data Center Project at Big Cedar Industrial Center, Alliant Energy · Alliant Energy · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Google announces new $7 billion investment in Iowa · Google · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Google announces $7B investment in Iowa; $576M Cedar Rapids data center · The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 5.Cedar Rapids data centers ignite concern from energy advocates · The Daily Iowan · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 6.Data Center Sales and Use Tax Incentives · Iowa Department of Revenue · retrieved July 6, 2026
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