Project Horizon — MARA Holdings / SDV Kearney AI data center expansion (Tech oNE Crossing)
Kearney, Buffalo County, NE
Project Horizon — MARA Holdings / SDV Kearney AI data center expansion (Tech oNE Crossing) is a planned data center in Kearney, NE, with MARA Holdings / SDV named as the developer. Reported capacity is 368 MW. MARA Holdings and partner SDV plan to grow the existing ~100 MW Kearney crypto-mining site into a ~368 MW AI data center (Project Horizon) with closed-loop cooling (2-5M gal/yr). Kearney City Council unanimously approved the permit and new data center code amendments (55 dBA cap, water/power rules) on Sept 8, 2026; construction could start Nov-Dec 2026 with phase one online spring 2028. Projected $20M/yr property taxes and 59 jobs. The existing MARA facility is not in our database. (Source dated 2026-09-08.).
- 368 MWPlanned capacity
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- Permitting
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Nebraska state legislation
- LB1131 - Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act and eliminate personal property tax and sales and use tax exemptions relating to data centersDescription comingDownload
- LB468 - Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centersDescription comingDownload
- LB1111 - Require an annual data center load report to the Nebraska Power Review Board, provide powers and duties for public power suppliers, allow and require regulation of data centers, and change provisions relating to regulation of cryptocurrency mining operationsDescription comingDownload
- LB1010 - Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centersDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- MARA Holdings / SDV
- County
- Buffalo County, NE
- Capacity
- 368 MW
- Address
- Kearney, NE
- Stage
- Planned
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