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
Data centers in Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. Lincoln has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: City of Lincoln announced it would not pursue additional large scale data centers outside Google's site near North 35th Street and Interstate 80, August 27, 2026. Lancaster County's own decisions are on the Lancaster County page.
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The 2 data centers in Lincoln
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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- Power
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- Tenant
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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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2 data centers in Lincoln: 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 Lincoln has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat the city has 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.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
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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, 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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· 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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· 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.
Governor Pillen said the task force will ensure county officials have necessary tools, zoning guidelines and policy frameworks to manage data center growth effectively
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
Every Nebraska statement, by speaker
6 more statements on this page
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
The county and nearby counties
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not 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
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 2 | 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 2 tracked facilities in Lincoln are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Lincoln are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ne/lancaster-county/lincoln, updated September 25, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ne/lancaster-county/lincoln. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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