Governor of Nebraska
Governor Pillen said the task force will ensure county officials have necessary tools, zoning guidelines and policy frameworks to manage data center growth effectively
Data centers in Lancaster County, Nebraska
Lancaster County has 4 data centers on the record: 4 proposed. Lancaster County decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center (Hallam), September 18, 2026.
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The 4 data centers in Lancaster County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
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Monolith Data Center Expansion (Hallam)
Hallam, Lancaster County · Monolith
Latest, reported September 18, 2026: Phase 1 expansion would take about 18 months and increase production to 220,000 tons per year of carbon black omaha.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Data Center near Hallam (unnamed developers)
Hallam, Lancaster County
Latest, reported August 27, 2026: Developers offered Hallam farmer Darin Schwaninger tens of thousands of dollars per acre in February 1011now.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Google Lincoln Data Center
Lincoln, Lancaster County · Google
Latest, reported August 18, 2026: The task force's first meeting was anticipated in September 2026 1011now.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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4 data centers in Lancaster County: all proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Lancaster County has decided
3 bodies, 4 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
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- Lancaster Countycounty
Lancaster County Board created 13 member task force to review data center proposal and recommend regulations to Planning Commission by end of year, reported September 11, 2026.
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Lancaster County Board created 13 member task force to review data center proposal and recommend regulations to Planning Commission by end of year
Also reported by 1 source
- omaha.com local outlet
- moratorium
Matt Schulte, Lancaster County Commissioner, proposed moratorium late last month after Israeli company appeared to plan hyperscale data center near Hallam
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- Hallamcity
Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center, reported September 18, 2026.
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Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center
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- Lincolncity
City of Lincoln announced it would not pursue additional large scale data centers outside Google's site near North 35th Street and Interstate 80, reported August 27, 2026.
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City of Lincoln announced it would not pursue additional large scale data centers outside Google's site near North 35th Street and Interstate 80
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What happened
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· Hallam
Scorecard event: Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center omaha.com local outlet
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· Monolith Data Center Expansion (Hallam)
Now reported: Phase 1 expansion would take about 18 months and increase production to 220,000 tons per year of carbon black omaha.com local outlet
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· Lancaster County
Scorecard event: Lancaster County Board created 13 member task force to review data center proposal and recommend regulations to Planning Commission by end of year starherald.com local outlet
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· Lincoln
Statement: City of Lincoln announced it would not pursue additional large scale data centers outside Google's site near North 35th Street and Interstate 80 journalstar.com local outlet
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· Data Center near Hallam (unnamed developers)
Now reported: Stark Power, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, acquired Sagebrush Infrastructure in June nebraskapublicmedia.org local outlet
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· Google Lincoln Data Center
Now reported: The task force's first meeting was anticipated in September 2026 1011now.com local outlet
What was said
Lancaster County Commissioner Christa Yoakum stated that Lancaster County has very little land zoned industrial and would not have enough property in one place for a data center under current zoning.
Farmer Darin Schwaninger declined the option offer citing concerns about community division
Scott Novack, vice president of digital infrastructure for Stark, said the company is in early stages of evaluating the site and no final decision has been made
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Jim Pillen, Governor of Nebraska
Task force membership includes 17 officials including executives from Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Tenaska, OPPD, NPPD, Lincoln Electric System, and county commissioners from multiple jurisdictions
Maureen Larsen, Director of Economic Development, said the state wants to be supportive of data center projects when in Nebraska's best interest while guarding against out of state entities extracting resources
Senator
Sen. Mike Jacobson indicated willingness to introduce a bill to remove data centers from the Imagine Nebraska Act
Governor
Gov. Pillen said data centers should not receive tax incentives and the state should attract givers not takers
Governor
Gov. Jim Pillen said Nebraska is appealing because of available land, low electrical rates and abundant water, but has also provided tax incentives to data centers
Jim Pillen, Governor
The executive order will create a task force to propose safeguards to protect the state's natural resources from data center use
Governor
Gov. Pillen said the executive order will suspend state tax incentives for large scale data centers
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 4 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 4 | Not disclosed by any of the 4 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 4 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 4 tracked facilities in Lancaster County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 4 tracked facilities in Lancaster County are cooled.
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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lancaster County, Nebraska", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ne/lancaster-county, updated September 25, 2026.
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