Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Google Lincoln is an operational AI data center in Lincoln, NE, USA, with AI chips owned by Google. It hosts an estimated 288k H100-equivalent chips, scaling toward a projected 869k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 141 MW of IT power, rising to 283 MW — at a capital cost of $5.3 B, rising to $10.7 B. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, our cooling equipment power model, chip availability, and chip efficiency.
Satellite imagery
CURRENT COMPUTE
288k H100-eq
5.69e20 8-bit OP/s
PROJECTED
869k H100-eq
1.72e21 8-bit OP/s
CURRENT IT POWER
141 MW
PROJECTED IT POWER
283 MW
CURRENT COST
$5.3 B
PROJECTED COST
$10.7 B
Land clearing begins for the site
Building 1 looks mostly complete: the large items like generators and substation are done. It is just missing 2 more cooling towers (4 fans). They just seem to be paving and setting up the secondary equipment so it is probably a few months away from operation. Building 2 foundation has been laid.
Building 1 operational. This is based on the fact that is no more visible equipment or construction around the building, and based on previous imagery and when construction started on the last pieces of equipment (fans). Building 2's roof is complete, with generator construction more than halfway complete and cooling construction beginning. Electrical equipment on the side of Building 2 is also around halfway complete.
Building 2 operational. Estimated based on the construction timeline for Building 1, specifically the time to operational since the roof was complete and the time to operational since the foundation work began.