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Tenaska Gage County land options (rumored data center and power plant)

Tenaska Gage County land options (rumored data center and power plant) is an announced data center project in Gage County, NE. Rumored (land deal). Energy developer Tenaska optioned land in Gage County, fueling rumors of a data center with a supporting power plant and prompting a June 2026 county planning hearing on a data center moratorium; Tenaska has been optioning land across southeast Nebraska, but no Gage County project has been announced. Not confirmed by the developer or local officials; location approximate. Sources: https://www.wowt.com/2026/06/15/gage-county-joins-other-nebraska-municipalities-considering-moratoriums-data-centers/.

Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)

Project status

Announced
Permitting
Under constructionNot yet
OperationalNot yet

Recorded changes

September 16, 2026
Gage County Board votes for 12-month data center moratorium
NewsSource: Lincoln Journal Star

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What’s next

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Latest news

Nothing written about this data center yet. The latest from Gage County, NE:

Gage County Board votes for 12-month data center moratorium
journalstar.comSep 16, 2026

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Records and documentation

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 centersLegislationlegiscan.comProvisions/portions of LB1131 amended… Apr 17, 2026Description comingDownload
LB468 - Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centersLegislationlegiscan.comFailed Apr 17, 2026Description 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 operationsLegislationlegiscan.comProvisions/portions of LB1111 amended… Apr 17, 2026Description 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 centersLegislationlegiscan.comProvisions/portions of LB1193 amended… Apr 17, 2026Description comingDownload

Site details

Operator: Tenaska
County: Gage County, NE
Address: Gage County, NE
Stage: Announced

Capacity and size: not on file

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Photos

Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
Gage County Board votes for 12-month data center moratoriumLincoln Journal Star
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
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Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
This bill would make data centers pay their own way for powerSalt Lake City Deseret News