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Cedar Rapids

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Iowa

State
Midwest US

Region
United States

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North America

Region
Americas

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Google: Linn County, Iowa

Utility Provider: NextEra Energy

Sites on this Campus:

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Google has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with NextEra Energy to fund the restart of Iowa's 615 MW Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) nuclear plant, which was decommissioned in 2020 after its cooling towers were damaged and repairs deemed uneconomical. The plant, operational since 1975, is expected to resume by 2029 (potentially as early as Q1 2028 per FERC filings), with NextEra acquiring full ownership and gaining grid reconnection approval in September 2025.

This carbon-free power will primarily support Google's proposed development of up to six AI data centers in unincorporated areas of Linn County near the site. The company is also funding a local water usage study to assess the project's environmental impact, joining other tech giants in leveraging nuclear energy for round-the-clock AI and cloud infrastructure demands.

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Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
6.13 miles	Enseva Hiawatha
11.76 miles	Ark: Cedar Rapids	The Involta data center in Marion, Iowa is a 19,000-square-foot state-of-the-art colocation facility with 10,000 square feet of conditioned data center space, with an additional 40,000 square feet of expansion potential.
13.34 miles	QTS: Cedar Rapids	QTS is developing a 612-acre data center campus along 76th Avenue SW within the Big Cedar Industrial Center.
13.49 miles	QTS: Cedar DC2	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
13.65 miles	QTS: Cedar DC4	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
13.69 miles	QTS: Cedar DC3	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
13.70 miles	QTS: Cedar DC5	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
13.73 miles	QTS: Cedar DC6	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
13.75 miles	QTS: Cedar DC7	This facility is part of QTS Data Centers' Cedar Rapids campus.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This facility will be part of Google's Cedar Rapids campus in Iowa.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This facility will be part of Google's Cedar Rapids campus in Iowa.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Google is planning to develop a $576 million data center campus along 76th Avenue SW and Edgewood Road SW in the Big Cedar Industrial Center. The site will spread out over an area of 1,396 acres.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This facility will be part of Google's Cedar Rapids campus in Iowa.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This facility will be part of Google's Cedar Rapids campus in Iowa.

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In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.

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