id: sig-20260705-google-cb-investment-dcd
site_id: google-council-bluffs
site_hint: "Google Council Bluffs data center campus — Pottawattamie, IA"
attribute: investment_usd
value: "$7B over two years (Council Bluffs expansion + Cedar Rapids new build); ~$6.8B prior Iowa investment"
source_url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-pledges-7bn-to-expand-iowa-data-center-footprint/
source_title: "Google pledges $7bn to expand Iowa data center footprint"
publisher: Data Center Dynamics
source_date: "2025-06-02"
observed_date: "2026-07-05"
collected_by: gn_kdc_scout/0.1.0
confidence: medium
notes: "Investment figures conflict by scope: ~$6.8B prior Iowa spend (DCD) vs >$20B since 2007 (Google); $7B covers both CB expansion and separate Cedar Rapids campus"