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CEDAR RAPIDS — Tech giant Google has approached Linn County officials about a proposed data center project near Palo.

The project was unveiled Monday during the Linn County Board of Supervisors’ work session, where supervisors also approved conducting a study to better understand how the project might affect the county’s water resources.

The project as proposed would include between one and six buildings to be constructed on land within unincorporated Linn County near the Duane Arnold Energy Center. No set timeline has been established, as the proposal still is in its early phases.

“This is the first time the county is considering a data center, and the board wants to make sure that all of t

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