id: google-council-bluffs
name: Google Council Bluffs data center campus
operator: google
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: IA
  county: Pottawattamie
  locality: Council Bluffs
metrics:
  building_sqft: 2900000
announced_date: "2007"
operational_date: "2007"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://datacenters.google/locations/iowa/
    title: "Iowa - Google Data Center Location"
    publisher: Google
    date: "2026"
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-pledges-7bn-to-expand-iowa-data-center-footprint/
    title: "Google pledges $7bn to expand Iowa data center footprint"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2025-06-02"
signals:
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-announced
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-building-sqft
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-investment-dcd
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-investment-google
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-location
  - sig-20260705-google-cb-status
notes: >
  Operating since 2007 ($600M initial investment); exact first-building
  operational year not verified beyond 'established 2007' (operational ~2009 is
  approximate). Two sites: near Lake Manawa, and the Southlands campus (four
  buildings / 2.9M sqft) on the southern edge of Council Bluffs, with active
  2025 expansion. investment_usd omitted: figures conflict by scope and none is
  cleanly Council-Bluffs-specific — $7B over two years covers both the CB
  expansion and a separate Cedar Rapids campus; ~$6.8B prior Iowa spend (DCD);
  >$20B statewide cumulative since 2007 (Google).