Google Nebraska Reported Mega-Campus Proposal

Flatwater Free Press and Grist reported in 2026 that Google was considering a Nebraska data-center proposal powered by a privately built combined-cycle natural-gas plant with carbon capture. The documents they reviewed named Google, Tenaska, and Tallgrass Energy, with Tenaska responsible for power and Tallgrass potentially supplying gas and CO2 transport. Tallgrass, however, denied being in a partnership, and neither Google nor Tenaska publicly confirmed a capacity or site in the opened sources.

ADCI removes the previous exact 2,700 MW selected capacity and Papillion map pin. Opened sources support a reported range of 1,000-3,000 MW and qualitative comparisons to Lincoln peak demand, not a precise selected public MW number. Nebraska LB1261 sources support the policy context for privately funded single-site 1,000+ MW hyperscale loads, and Google's public Nebraska page supports existing communities in Lincoln, Omaha, and Papillion, but not this proposed project or an exact site.