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Data center project · Linn County, Iowa

Google Cedar Rapids data center (Big Cedar Industrial Center)

Under construction · Google's first Cedar Rapids campus, approved in 2024 under the name Heaviside LLC with a state-backed 20-year property tax exemption, is being built beside QTS. Also known as: Heaviside LLC.

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Status
Under construction · as of Dec. 2, 2025
Location
76th Avenue SW and Edgewood Road SW, Big Cedar Industrial Center, Cedar Rapids · Linn County
Status note
Under construction next to the QTS campus, per The Gazette.
Power
Not reported
No power figure published in the sources reviewed.
Investment
At least $576 million for one or more data centers (city agreement and IEDA award)
Developer and team
Google (through Heaviside LLC)
End user
Google
Utility
Alliant Energy
Incentives
Iowa Economic Development Authority let the city use the High Quality Jobs value-added property tax exemption (20 years, 70%), with city tax increment rebates as the fallback; at least 31 jobs at $31.44 an hour or more
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Dec. 2, 2025 The Gazette reported construction under way on Google's campus at Big Cedar. (The Gazette, Dec. 2, 2025)
  2. June 2, 2025 Google announced $7 billion more for Iowa over two years, including the new Cedar Rapids campus and a Council Bluffs expansion. (DatacenterDynamics, June 2, 2025; Google (company page), Oct. 20, 2026)
  3. March 22, 2024 The IEDA board approved the High Quality Jobs property tax exemption for Google's $576 million, 31-job project. (Iowa Economic Development Authority, March 22, 2024)
  4. March 21, 2024 The city announced that Google was the company behind the project ahead of a state incentive vote. (City of Cedar Rapids, March 21, 2024)
  5. Feb. 27, 2024 Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously approved an agreement with Heaviside LLC for a $576 million data center without naming the company behind it. (The Gazette, Feb. 27, 2024)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Google said in October 2025 that it will buy most of the output of the restarted Duane Arnold nuclear plant for its Iowa operations, including this campus (Corridor Business Journal).

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