Google Cedar Rapids
261 MW AI data center in Cedar Rapids, IA, United States: under construction.
- Capacity: 261 MW
- Location: Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
- Developer: Google
- Tenant: Google DeepMind
- Status: under construction
- Estimated cost: $3.5B
- Energy source: On-site Natural Gas (2.7 GW) with Carbon Capture (CCS)
Google Cedar Rapids is a 261 MW AI data center project located in Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by Google for tenant Google DeepMind. The estimated build cost is $3.5B. Its energy source is listed as On-site Natural Gas (2.7 GW) with Carbon Capture (CCS). This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across IA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Google's Cedar Rapids, Iowa site has an unusual power design for the index. Reporting ties the campus to 2.7 GW of on-site natural gas generation with carbon capture. It's tracked at 314 MW, and Google DeepMind is the user.
Notes
Users: Google DeepMind
Public companies linked to Google Cedar Rapids
Developers, tenants, and suppliers tracked by Data Center Index with exposure to this project:
- Alphabet (GOOGL), developer · hyperscaler
- Alphabet (GOOGL), tenant · hyperscaler
Related data center projects
- Google Project Tembo (Cheyenne), 1.8 GW, Cheyenne, WY, United States · permitted
- Wilbarger Campus, 800 MW, Vernon, TX, United States · under construction
- Google West Memphis Data Center, 600 MW, West Memphis, AR, United States · under construction
- Google Fredericia (Taulov) AI Data Center, 550 MW, Fredericia, Denmark · operational
- Google-Kairos Power AI Data Center Initiative, 500 MW, Oak Ridge, TN, United States · announced
- Haskell County Campus, 440 MW, Haskell, TX, United States · under construction
- Google Eemshaven AI Data Center, 400 MW, Eemshaven, Netherlands · operational
- Google LaGrange (Project Pegasus), 400 MW, LaGrange, GA, United States · under construction
Frequently asked questions
- What is Google Cedar Rapids?
- Google Cedar Rapids is an AI data center project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is Google Cedar Rapids?
- Google Cedar Rapids is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Every tracked Iowa campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/iowa.
- How big is Google Cedar Rapids?
- Data Center Index tracks Google Cedar Rapids at 261 MW, on an estimated $3.5B build. That capacity is an estimate. We modeled or inferred it, and no source states it.
- Who is building Google Cedar Rapids?
- Google is developing Google Cedar Rapids, with Google DeepMind named as the tenant.
- When will Google Cedar Rapids come online?
- The next building at Google Cedar Rapids is expected online December 31, 2026. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
- Which public companies are linked to Google Cedar Rapids?
- Data Center Index links 2 tracked public companies to Google Cedar Rapids: Alphabet (GOOGL), Alphabet (GOOGL). Each is a developer, tenant or supplier with a sourced link to the project.
Sources
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: Google Nebraska Mega Campus Private Gas Power (epoch · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: Meta Papillion Nebraska Ai Data Center (epoch · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- What can we learn from other Iowa data centers? (thegazette.com · press · 2026-09-11)
- Data Center Frontier (datacenterfrontier.com · press · 2025-03-03)
- Google publicly named as company behind $576M data center project in Cedar Rapids (cbs2iowa.com · press · 2026-09-20)
- Google Cedar Rapids | AI Data Centers (epoch.ai · aggregator · 2026-09-11)
- Banned cardboard, recyclables among trash from Cedar Rapids data center sites, Solid Waste Agency says (msn.com · press · 2026-08-21)
- KCRG (kcrg.com · press · 2025-03-03)