Sagebrush Hallam Hyperscale Campus (proposed)

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. August 27, 2026

   Proposed
   Land options across 1,400+ acres in southwestern Lancaster County reported; no application filed. Source: 1011 NOW (KOLN)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Sagebrush Hallam Hyperscale Campus (proposed) in Hallam, Lancaster County, Nebraska is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Thirteen landowners signed purchase options between December 2025 and mid-March 2026; a farmer who declined said the project "caused a bunch of division in the community among neighbors" and objected to turning Hallam from "a small, sleepy farming community" into "an industrial center." Lancaster County commissioners were separately weighing a 12-month data-center moratorium in August 2026.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Thirteen landowners signed purchase options between December 2025 and mid-March 2026; a farmer who declined said the project "caused a bunch of division in the community among neighbors" and objected to turning Hallam from "a small, sleepy farming community" into "an industrial center." Lancaster County commissioners were separately weighing a 12-month data-center moratorium in August 2026. Stark's VP of digital infrastructure said "no final decision has been made at this time."

Source: Nebraska Public Media

Power and water

Sagebrush is described as a developer of hyperscale data centers with co-located natural gas-fired power plants. Reporting says the developer wants natural gas, water, and a grid interconnection as a redundant source: "They're going to provide their own power, but they also want to hook up to the grid in case their power goes down." The optioned land sits near NPPD's Sheldon Station and its Princeton Road Station site.

Notes on the record

Land assemblage only, memorandums of purchase agreement with 13 landowners along Southwest 58th Street just west of Hallam, giving exclusivity windows of roughly six months to four years. Sagebrush Infrastructure Partners LLC was acquired by Tel Aviv-based Stark Power in June 2026 as part of a reported 5.6 GW US development pipeline; the Hallam site is one of five planned hyperscale campuses targeting MISO and SPP territory. Coordinates are an approximation of the reported SW 58th Street assemblage west of Hallam; no parcel map has been published. Distinct from the separate 35 MW Monolith/Crusoe proposal inside the Village of Hallam's zoning jurisdiction.

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.

• Binary Net The Vault Data Center · Lincoln · Binary Net19 mi · Operating
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• Google Nebraska AI Campus (proposed) · Google23 mi · Proposed · 1 GW · Contested

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