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Data centers in Hallam, Nebraska

Hallam has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. Hallam has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center, September 18, 2026. Lancaster County's own decisions are on the Lancaster County page.

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The 2 data centers in Hallam

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  1. Reported Built from one source

    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
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    Power
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    Water
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    Tenant
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  2. Reported Built from one source

    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
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    Power
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    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

2 data centers in Hallam: all proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

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What Hallam has decided

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  1. Hallamcity

    Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center, reported September 18, 2026.

    omaha.com local outlet

    no published rating
    1 act on this row
    1. event

      Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center

      omaha.com local outlet

    Last verified September 18, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Hallam

    Scorecard event: Hallam planning commission unanimously recommended approval for Monolith's proposed data center omaha.com local outlet

  2. · 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

  3. · 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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What was said

Farmer Darin Schwaninger declined the option offer citing concerns about community division
Darin Schwaninger, Hallam farmer · August 27, 2026 · paraphrased · 1011now.com local outlet
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
Scott Novack, vice president of digital infrastructure, Stark Power · August 24, 2026 · paraphrased · nebraskapublicmedia.org local outlet

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The county and nearby counties

The county Lancaster County Its decisions and every record in it 38 miles away Sarpy County 2 data centers on the record 45 miles away Douglas County 3 data centers on the record 95 miles away Hall County 1 data center on the record 95 miles away Thurston County 1 data center on the record

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Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 2 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 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

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed2Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

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What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Hallam are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Hallam are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Hallam, Lancaster County, Nebraska", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ne/lancaster-county/hallam, updated September 18, 2026.

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