Google Palo
Google · Linn County
- Planned IT
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- Remaining
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- $ / kW·mo
- $58
- White space
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Power
Power cost
$58/kW·mo
6.1¢ industrial · 7.9¢ after PUE —
- Per MW·year
- $695k
- This site
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1.9× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun).
MidAmerican · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
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- Opened
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- Renewable match
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- Rack density
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- Voltage
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- PUE
- —1.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
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Cooling
Plant
Air / CRAH
Liquid
Not deployed
Rack density
—
H100-eq
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WUE
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Operator has not published WUE. Blank, not zero — air-cooled sites still use some water.
Cooling design not published by the operator for this site; typed air as the neutral default.
Network carriers
0No on-net carriers published.
On-net and metro carriers typically present at this location, including internet exchanges. Not a full circuit inventory.
Clouds
0No public-cloud on-ramp published.
Native regions and typical Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect on-ramps at this campus. Availability varies by hall.
Location
Palo, Iowa, United States
42.066°, -91.796° · North America
Tenants / users
Notes
Google plans six buildings near the Duane Arnold nuclear plant (planned restart); groundbreaking targeted for early 2027, full build by 2031; 10 to 14M gallons of water a day (Google at Linn County public meeting, Oct 22 2026). Coordinates: Palo town center (approximate). Source: https://www.kcrg.com/2026/10/23/google-gives-insight-into-palo-data-center-project-plans-break-ground/
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.