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Google Papillion Data Center

Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

OperatingSupportedAI likelyRecord updated August 14, 2026

Google Papillion Data Center is an operating data center in Papillion, Nebraska (Sarpy County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced 2019, 275 acres, a reported $600 million investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Papillion, Sarpy County, NE
Coordinates
41.1326, -96.1437 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
275 acres
Investment
$600 million
Announced
2019
Utility
Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
Power source
Solar
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
30 permanent
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Supported
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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. 2019
    Operating
    Announced Feb 2019, groundbreaking Oct 2019, $600M / ~275 acres; operational ~2021. Google's Nebraska location page lists Papillion as a Google data center. Source: Google

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Papillion Data Center in Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 14, 2026. Reception at the October 2019 groundbreaking was favorable among elected officials and local institutions: Gov.

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.

Reception at the October 2019 groundbreaking was favorable among elected officials and local institutions: Gov. Pete Ricketts, Rep. Don Bacon ("We are proud to have you"), Papillion Mayor David Black, Sarpy County officials, OPPD and the Greater Omaha Chamber all attended and spoke in support. This reflects official reception at announcement/groundbreaking, not a later community-impact assessment; note that Nebraska has since legislated new data-center water- and power-disclosure requirements amid statewide concern about the sector.

Source: 1011 NOW (KOLN/KGIN)

Power and water

Google and OPPD built a joint procurement framework enabling Google to supply carbon-free energy resources to OPPD in support of Google's 24/7 clean energy goal, anchored by the Pierce County Energy Center, a 420 MW solar system with 680 MWh of battery storage expected online in 2027.

Notes on the record

Google data center at 14706 Schram Rd, Papillion, Sarpy County, announced Feb 2019 (built under shell entity Fireball Group LLC / 'Project Wizard'), a $600M project on ~275 acres, groundbreaking Oct 2019, operational ~2021. Confirmed by Google's own Nebraska location page (which lists Papillion, Omaha, and Lincoln as Google Nebraska sites). DISTINCT from the separate tracked proposed Google/Tenaska gas-plant project in SE Nebraska (Gage/Otoe area). No site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the disclosed Schram Rd address; a county-parcel pass could upgrade precision to exact.

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
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
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.
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.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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 Google Papillion Data Center in Papillion?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Papillion Data Center in Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 14, 2026. Reception at the October 2019 groundbreaking was favorable among elected officials and local institutions: Gov.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Papillion Data Center?

No lawsuit over Google Papillion Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 14, 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 Papillion Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Papillion Data Center 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 Google Papillion Data Center, 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 275 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Papillion Data Center," updated August 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-papillion-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/google-papillion-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.Google Nebraska, official location page: lists Papillion (2019), Omaha, and Lincoln as Google Nebraska data centers · Google · retrieved July 19, 2026
  2. 2.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  3. 3.Our work to build a more sustainable future in Nebraska (Google blog) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  4. 4.Omaha World-Herald, "Google: Papillion is a go for $600 million data center, Sarpy County's 8th" · retrieved July 25, 2026
  5. 5.Groundbreaking launches Google data center in Papillion · 1011 NOW (KOLN/KGIN) · retrieved August 14, 2026

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