A data center power developer has acquired options to buy two square miles – 1,280 acres – of Lincoln County pastureland located about 8 miles due south of Hershey.
The options are for adjoining sections 6 & 7 in Township 12 North, Range 32 West. They were recorded Sept. 21 at the Lincoln County Courthouse. The options are good for a year.
A company called Limitless North Platte, LLC bought the options, which are signed Brian Hawkins, the chief revenue officer of Limitless Energy Group. According to Limitless Energy Group’s website, the company’s primary customers are large data centers “that seek significant, reliable electrical loads.”
Section 6 belongs to Olson Farms and Section 7 belongs to All Cattle Farm, managed by Robert Wiseman. The sections are on the west side of the Hershey-Dickens Road. Each agreement is signed by the respective landowners, Kirk Olson and Robert Wiseman.
Other terms of the deal, including price, are not included in county records.
Limitless Energy’s website says that since 2022, Brian Hawkins has played “a key role in sourcing and delivering large-scale electricity solutions for data centers and crypto mining operations, successfully advancing power infrastructure projects ranging from 20 MW to 300 MW. He is currently managing a development pipeline of over 5,000 MW.”
Limitless North Platte LLC is listed as a Delaware company in the agreements. Delaware is widely regarded as the most business-friendly state in America. However, Hawkins’ signature was notarized in Utah where the headquarters of Limitless Energy is located. The company was licensed to do business in Nebraska in 2025.
Limitless Energy Group currently has five power projects in development in Texas, including two in Abilene. The two in Abilene are a 1.5 gigawatt grid-connected project and a 390 megawatt behind-the-meter project, their website says.
1.5 GW can power about 1.25 million homes for a year, according to CNET.
Limitless Energy’s website promotes the company, saying, “We truly live in a Digital Age.”
“It seems everything we touch powers up and requires a charge. But with new technological advances including AI, cloud storage, crypto mining and endless internet sources, the global energy demand is increasing at an unprecedented rate,” the company says.
The company says that it can:
- Acquire large electrical loads directly from utilities
- Build new power generation projects
- Convert existing infrastructure into sustainable solutions
Lancaster County too
At about the same time, more than 560 acres on the edge of northwest Lincoln was optioned to a Nevada solar and data center developer, according to a Sept. 25 report by Nebraska Public Media News, formerly Nebraska Public Radio.
It’s the latest in a string of purchase options taken out by data centers in Lancaster County, NPM said.
There’s Monolith and Stark Power data centers just outside of Hallam in southern Lancaster County. There’s the Google data center near I-80 and N. 56th St. that is operating, but still under construction.
The recent purchase option near Lincoln is connected to Arevia Power, a utility-scale solar developer that has also gotten into data center development – including a massive proposed 3,700-acre data center outside of Boise, Idaho on federal public land. The Idaho proposal is in the early stages of review.
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Not familiar with Wiseman but I’m surprised to see Olsen Farms taking an option from a “Commifornia” company that is involved in data centers and AI. What happened to the good ol’ boys motto of I make money first? Oh, wait…
Look at the politicians greasing their palms and campaigns with these Data Centers and who they align with. This will probably by the biggest influence on me for the midterms.
Why would you do this Mr. Olsen and Mr. Wiseman???? What do the commissioners get from this horrible decision? What does the banker get out of this? After all the negative and nightmare publicity about Data Centers all over the United States, over water usage, over electricity usage and thousands of people harmed, why???? There will come a time when everyone says, “We told you so!”
Jan, just to clarify, it is far from decided. It’s an option that is good for a year, made for business reasons. Businesses, including banks, are operated to provide services and generate income that ultimately provides jobs that feed and clothe families. Successful businesses are passed on to succeeding generations for their benefit too. Proponents of data centers point to the importance of keeping the economy vibrant so businesses have markets and customers.
I’m not saying I blindly support all that goes with that, but it’s good to keep in mind.
I believe data centers and the artificial intelligence that data centers make possible are dangerous developments, perhaps the most dangerous that mankind is facing.
Well that didn’t take long….🤷🏻♀️