Built & running
Google data center campus at I-80 and North 56th Street (Lincoln)
Also called: Agate LLC, Project Agate
Google is building a data center campus on about 580 acres in northeast Lincoln, along I-80 near North 56th Street. The project was kept secret for years under the name Agate. The first building started running in 2026, and more are being built.
Where things stand: First building started running in 2026. More buildings are under construction.
🕒 Latest update (May 2026): The first building was running and a second was under construction.
What we know
- 📍 Wherenorth of I-80 and west of North 56th Street, in the area bounded by North 40th Street, Highway 77, I-80 and Bluff Road, Lincoln, Lancaster County
- 🏢 CompanyGoogle (filed as Agate LLC)
- 🏛️ Owned byAlphabet
- 👤 Built forGoogle
- 🌳 Size580 acres
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromLincoln Electric System (LES)
- ❄️ Coolingevaporative cooling towers (tracker estimate)
- 💵 Cost$600 million
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water will the Lincoln campus use per day? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much power will it need when fully built, and who pays for new power lines? 🙋 I'll find out
- When exactly did Agate LLC first file its plans with the city? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- 2019A company called Agate LLC started planning a data center campus in Lincoln (Google was not named yet).
- Aug 22, 2023Google confirmed it is behind the Lincoln data center, its third in Nebraska.
- Sept 27, 2024Lincoln business leaders raised worries that the data center could push up power rates; LES said other customers would not carry the cost.
- May 2026The first building was running and a second was under construction.
🛰️ See it from above
An aerial photo of the area.
Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Google announces plans to develop data center in Lincoln, its third in Nebraska · KOLN 10/11 · Aug 22, 2023
- Lincoln business leaders raise concern over Google data center power burden, LES says not to worry · KOLN 10/11 · Sept 27, 2024
- Google Lincoln · Epoch AI · July 14, 2026
- Nebraska data centers · Cleanview
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