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Google data center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Updated Nov 3, 2026Sources: Compute Atlas; Server Country; Public Evidence Project; Kapwork Grow tracker

Announced May 2025, in Linn County. No permit on record yet.

No permit on record yet. First seen Aug 15, 2026.

Where

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.

Exact site not public. Shown at township level.

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Cedar RapidsLinn County
Reported capacity
82MW
Planned, as Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) reports it. 1 square feet, per Kapwork Grow tracker. May be planned, not energised, capacity.
Work it brings
Electrical, mechanical, low-voltage, site, fiber
The trades a data center build hires, from the site work to the last mile of fiber.
Who bills here
Google
The operator, per Compute Atlas and Server Country. No public record names its general contractor yet. The carriers show here when a record names them.

  • Nearest other build

    QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus

    0.4 miles away

  • Builds in Linn County

    4

    Published builds in the Kapwork Grow tracker, this one included. Published Nov 3, 2026.

  • Builds in Iowa

    27

    Proposed, approved, under construction or expanding, this one included. Kapwork Grow tracker, published Nov 3, 2026.

  • U.S. data center construction

    $84.95B a year

    August 2026, seasonally adjusted annual rate, preliminary. Up 73.2% from $49.05B in August 2025; 63.3% of private office construction. U.S. Census Bureau, C30, released Oct 1, 2026.

What this means for you

Same customers, bigger invoices.

The electrical, mechanical and fiber work on this campus bills Google, its GC and the carriers you already know. Certify the invoices behind it, and funders compete to fund them.

An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.

Who your invoice goes to

  • GoogleOperator
  • General contractorNot named yet
  • CarriersNot named yet
  • UtilityNot named yet

Key facts

Stage
Under constructionCompute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Reported capacity
82 MWServer Country · Sep 24, 2026
Reported building area
1 sq ftKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Site area
1,391 acresKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Reported investment
$576MKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Reported jobs
31Kapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Announced
May 2025Compute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026
Construction start reported
2024Compute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026
Expected completion
2026Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Location
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IowaCompute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026; Public Evidence Project · Aug 6, 2026
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Power source
Grid powerKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Cooling
EvaporativeKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
AI workload
Likely AI or machine-learning workloadCompute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026
Facility type
AI data centerKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Incentives reported
Cedar Rapids 20-year, 70% property-tax abatement (IEDA-approved) — ~$56M total over the term; contingent on a 31-job employment threshold (Cedar Rapids, IA); Iowa data-center sales/use-tax exemption (Iowa Code §423.3(92)–(95)) — 10-year electricity exemption under H.F. 976 for cities >30,000 pop.; site's $576M investment exceeds the $200M threshold (Iowa); Cedar Rapids development-agreement 75% franchise-fee rebate on electrical service, per data center, for 20 years (Cedar Rapids, IA)Kapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Government records on file
1Public Evidence Project · Aug 6, 2026

What the public record lacks: the general contractor's name.

Who's involved

Operator
GoogleCompute Atlas · Jul 6, 2026; Server Country · Sep 24, 2026
Tenants
Google LLCKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
Utility
Alliant EnergyKapwork Grow tracker · Nov 2, 2026
General contractor
Not named in a public record yet
Carriers
Appear here as the records name them

How far along it is

  1. · Compute Atlas

    Construction start

  2. · Compute Atlas

    Announced

  3. · Server Country

    Expected completion

  4. · Kapwork's date

    First seen in the Kapwork Grow tracker (its first snapshot)

  5. Date not reported · Server Country

    Expected completion reported

  6. Date not reported · Compute Atlas

    Reported as announced

  7. Date not reported · Compute Atlas

    Reported as announced

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred. Dates marked Kapwork's date come from the tracker's own snapshots, not from the sources.

Questions this page answers

Is Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus under construction?
No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 6, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. The sources disagree: Server Country reports proposed.
Who is building Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?
Google is the operator; the tenants reported are Google LLC. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.
When is Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus expected to finish?
Server Country reports expected completion in 2026. That is a reported target, not a schedule.
Which carriers serve Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?
No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.
How do contractors on Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus get paid sooner?
The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer.

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Sources, updates and data

Compute Atlas · Server Country · Public Evidence Project · Kapwork Grow tracker · U.S. Census C30

Where this comes from

What each source reports

  • Compute Atlas: Under construction
  • Server Country: Under construction, 82 MW, as “Google - Cedar Rapids Campus”
  • Server Country: Proposed, as “Google - Palo Data Center Project (Near Duane Arnold)”

Updates

  • Date not reported: Reported as announced. Compute Atlas
  • Date not reported: Reported as announced. Compute Atlas
  • Date not reported: Expected completion reported. Server Country
  • Aug 15, 2026: First seen in the Kapwork Grow tracker (its first snapshot). Kapwork's date
  • 2026: Expected completion. Server Country
  • May 2025: Announced. Compute Atlas
  • 2024: Construction start. Compute Atlas

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

“Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

Nearest build: Haversine great-circle distance on the tracker latitude and longitude, in statute miles, rounded to 0.1. First-seen dates: first_seen: the earliest committed snapshot of data/dcfo.sqlite holding any of the facility's source keys (source:source_id), narrowed to the nightly run day by the alert sender's facility_new events when they are available. status_first_seen: the start of the unbroken run of snapshots, ending at this one, in which a facility sharing a source key had the current status, narrowed by the latest status_changed event to that status. Dates are Kapwork's, not the sources'.

What we don't know yet

  • The general contractor's name.
  • The carriers that serve the campus.
  • How the operator and its GC pay their contractors: portal, terms, days to pay.

Spot an error? Tell us

Cite: Kapwork Grow, “Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-cedar-rapids-data-center-campus-ia-dc_cc768de3c0c8, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.

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