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3 data center projects in Cedar Rapids City

Who decides here: the City Council of Cedar Rapids City votes on zoning. The Linn County may review big projects too.

In Cedar Rapids City

Being built

QTS data center campus at Big Cedar Industrial Center (Cedar Rapids)

Cedar Rapids, Linn County

612 acres

🕒 Dec 2, 2025: City Council unanimously approved changes to the deal: up to seven phases, each at least…

Being built

Google data center at Big Cedar Industrial Center (Cedar Rapids)

Cedar Rapids, Linn County

for Google

🕒 May 30, 2025: Google announced $7 billion for Iowa over two years, including a new data center in Ceda…

Approved, not built yet

Oppidan data center at 1515 33rd Ave. SW (Cedar Rapids)

Cedar Rapids, Linn County

🕒 July 8, 2026: City confirmed a third data center is planned on the southwest side.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 9 miles away

Google data center campus near Duane Arnold nuclear plant (Palo area)

Unincorporated Linn County, Linn County

545 acres · for Google

🕒 Aug 10, 2026: Linn County supervisors declined to allow large data centers next to nuclear plants duri…

Local votes and rules

🤝 Agreement with the company

Cedar Rapids's council unanimously changed its deal with QTS: up to seven phases, each with a building of at least 300,000 square feet and about $250 million. QTS pays $300,000 per phase into a community fund.

Dec 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Cedar Rapids City: Interstate Power and Light Co. (company) or Linn County Rec (co-op (owned by its members)) or Midamerican Energy Co. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Iowa.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • How much electricity will the full campus use? Reports range from about 1,000 MW to more.
  • How much water will the campus use per day once all buildings run?
  • How many buildings will Google build at this site in total?
  • How much water and power will it use?
  • When will construction start and finish?
  • How much power will it use and who is the customer?

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