Data Centers in Iowa
Iowa has 85 data centers identified from primary sources across 21 counties, run by 31 operators, against an industry reference count of 116. Polk County holds the largest cluster with 30. MISO runs the grid for most of the state. 1 state measure on record (enacted) and 8 local pauses; 3 named projects delayed or blocked, and 1 capital atlas site carrying $7B in announced commitments.
Where Iowa's data centers stand
Key facts
- Data centers identified
- 85 from the operators' own facility lists, PeeringDB, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, of which 6 are mapped buildings that carry no name
- Target count
- 116 facilities in the industry reference count for Iowa; this map holds 88 of them (75.9 percent), 28 still to identify
- Largest cluster
- Polk County with 30 facilities
- Largest operator
- Microsoft with 10 facilities
- Grid operator
- MISO and SPP
- State measures
- 1 on record, strongest status enacted
- Local pauses
- 8 city or county moratoria · 20 local restrictions on the delay watchlist
- Water measures
- 2 state and local, plus the federal measures that apply everywhere
Iowa data centers, in short
Iowa has 85 data centers identified from primary sources, spread across 33 cities and counties and run by 31 operators. The largest concentration is West Des Moines, with 17 data centers, followed by Altoona with 9 and Council Bluffs with 8.
The operators with the most data centers in Iowa are Microsoft (10), South Front Networks (8), Meta (7), Google (6), Aureon Network Services (3). Colocation and interconnection providers appear most often because they publish building-level detail; hyperscale campuses appear where the operator or the county names the individual buildings.
Not every operator discloses size. In Iowa, 10 publish a floor area and 7 publish a power figure, and each figure is shown against the data center it belongs to rather than added into one number. They are not the same measurement: one operator states the floor area of a single building, another the full capacity of a campus it has only announced.
MISO runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage grid for most of Iowa. 1 statewide measure governing data centers is on record, alongside 8 local pauses. 3 named projects in Iowa are delayed, blocked or under challenge, and the capital atlas records 1 site here carrying $7B in announced commitments.
Iowa data centers by city
Every data center identified in Iowa, grouped by the city or county it stands in, 85 of them across 33 places. Each entry names the operator and links to the source that states it.
Data centers in West Des Moines, Iowa
- Aureon West Des Moines Aureon Network Services 1661 Westown Pkwy 1 networks
- Ginger West datacenter Microsoft 33612 BOONEVILLE RD
- Microsoft Microsoft
- Microsoft Microsoft
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- Microsoft Microsoft
- Microsoft Microsoft
- West Des Moines datacenter Microsoft
- MICROSOFT DATA CENTER 3999 S 8TH ST
- MICROSOFT DM1 DATA CENTER 8855 GRAND AVE
- WILLOW CREEK / GINGER EAST DATA CENTERS 550 SE WHITE CRANE RD
- Data center building
- Data center building
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Data centers in Altoona, Iowa
- LightEdge Des Moines 1 (DSM1) LightEdge Solutions 1435 Northridge Circle 6 networks
- LightEdge Des Moines 2 (DSM2) LightEdge Solutions 1401 Northridge Circle 5 networks
- Altoona Data Center Meta 1000 MW
- Facebook Altoona Data Center 1 Meta
- Facebook Altoona Data Center 2 Meta
- Facebook Altoona Data Center 4 Meta
- Facebook Altoona Data Center 5 Meta
- Meta Meta
- Meta Meta
Data centers in Council Bluffs, Iowa
- CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs CyrusOne 4700 Gifford Road
- OCB1 CyrusOne 420,000 sq ft9 MW
- Google Google
- Google Google
- Google Google
- Google Google
- Google data center Google
- Data center building
Data centers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- ark data centers - Cedar Rapids ark data centers 10,000 sq ft0.81 MW
- Google data center Google
- Cedar Rapids Data Center Involta 19,000 sq ft0.81 MW
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa DC1 QTS 6200 76th Ave SW, Unit 100
- IEA - SBD - 9403- AEGON DATA CENTER 6910 TOWER RD SW
Data centers in Pleasant Hill, Iowa
- Lumen Network Colocation market: Pleasant Hill, IA Lumen
- PLSH.JC/PLEAIA Verizon Wireless 4500A Carlisle Rd, Pleasant Hill Jct Mailing address: Des Moines
- WILTED DATA CENTER(PLEASANT HILL) 3699 CARLISLE RD Mailing address: Des Moines
- Data center building
Data centers in Waukee, Iowa
- Apple Apple
- Waukee data center Apple
- US Signal IA01 - Des Moines OneNeck IT Solutions 390 NE Alices Rd 2 networks
- IA01 Des Moines Data Center US Signal 390 N Alices Road 19,435 sq ft2 MW
Data centers in Des Moines, Iowa
- Aureon Downtown Aureon Network Services 616 10th St. 30,000 sq ft2 networks
- Cologix DSM1 Cologix 606 Walnut Street 4,000 sq ft8 networks
- Connect Des Moines Connect Des Moines 666 Walnut Street 10 networks
Data centers in Urbandale, Iowa
- IP Pathways data center IP Pathways 5,817 sq ft
- IP Pathways DSM1 IP Pathways 3600 109th St 2 networks
- IP Pathways Urbandale data center NetSolus 5,817 sq ft
Data centers in Bettendorf, Iowa
- Bluebird Quad Cities Data Center Bluebird Fiber 2701 Devils Glen Rd 9 networks
- Quad Cities Data Center Bluebird Fiber OH
Data centers in Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Cologix DSM2 Cologix 1205 Technology Parkway 2 networks
- Connect Cedar Valley Connect Des Moines 1205 Technology Parkway 6,000 sq ft1 MW
Data centers in Coralville, Iowa
- ForceAmp.com
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DATA CENTER 2263 OLD FARMSTEAD RD
Data centers in North Liberty, Iowa
- DartPoints data center DartPoints 980 N Front St
- IA-NorthLiberty (South Slope) South Front Networks 115 W Cherry St
Data centers in Sioux City, Iowa
- 713 Nebraska ImOn Communications 713 Nebraska St 6 networks
- Long Lines Data Center Long Lines 4647 Stone Ave 2 networks
Data centers in Ankeny, Iowa
- Edged Des Moines DSM01-1 Edged 9100 SE Four Mile Drive 100,000 sq ft13.2 MW
Data centers in Davenport, Iowa
- SFN IA-Davenport South Front Networks 2814 N Clark St 19 networks
Data centers in Dubuque, Iowa
- ALLIANT ENERGY DATA CENTER 1031 IOWA ST
Data centers in Hiawatha, Iowa
- Enseva Cedar Rapids Enseva 755 Metzger Dr 3 networks
Data centers in Jesup, Iowa
- Heartland Technology Data Center JDC Data 1151 12th St
Data centers in Klemme, Iowa
- IA-Klemme (Comm1) South Front Networks 114 1st St
Data centers in Marion, Iowa
- ark data centers data center ark data centers 5055 Rec Dr 4 networks
Data centers in Marshalltown, Iowa
- EMERSON GLOBAL DATA CENTER 1706 GOVERNOR RD
Data centers in Mason City, Iowa
- Router12 - Brick and Tile Router12 Networks 103 E State St 1 networks
Data centers in Monticello, Iowa
- US Secure Hosting Center USSHC
Data centers in Muscatine, Iowa
- IA-Muscatine (Muscatine Power and Water) South Front Networks 3205 Cedar St
Data centers in Urbana, Iowa
- SFN IA-Urbana South Front Networks 5358 Hutton Dr 1 networks
Data centers in Waterloo, Iowa
- SFN IA-Waterloo South Front Networks 206 W 13th St 7 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Boone County, Iowa
- InfoBunker InfoBunker 308 T ave Bldg #2 Mailing address: Boone 1 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
- SFN IA-Emery South Front Networks 16455 Lark Ave Mailing address: Mason City 5 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Clay County, Iowa
- South Spencer Aureon hut Aureon Network Services 2365 370th St. Mailing address: Spencer 2 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Hardin County, Iowa
- SFN IA-IowaFalls South Front Networks 10046 Hwy 65 North Mailing address: Iowa Falls 3 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Jones County, Iowa
- USSHC USSHC 24253 Highway 151 Mailing address: Monticello 1 networks
Data centers in Unincorporated Madison County, Iowa
- OSMIUM DATA CENTER 5855 SW KERRY STREET Mailing address: Cumming
Data centers in Elsewhere in Iowa
- Iowa 2 (Relocating) Compass Mining
- Iowa 3 (Relocating) Compass Mining
- Ginger East datacenter Microsoft
Floor area and power appear only where the operator or a government record publishes them. A building the sources describe without naming it is listed as a data center building at its county.
Where they cluster, and who runs them
Facilities by county 21
6 more counties in the table aboveOperators 31
Cities 26
The rules and the pipeline in Iowa
Iowa has 1 state measure on record (enacted), 8 local pauses, and 2 state or local water measures. MISO runs the grid there. Each tracker below holds the full record for Iowa, with every entry sourced.
Iowa data centers, answered from the record
How many data centers are in Iowa?
The industry reference count for Iowa is 116 facilities. This map places 85 of them from primary sources, each with a source record you can open, and every entry names the operator, the county, and the grid operator that serves it. The rest are mostly small regional colocation providers and enterprise buildings that no public register describes.
Where are Iowa's data centers?
They are listed on this page city by city. By city: West Des Moines (17), Altoona (9), Council Bluffs (8), Cedar Rapids (5). By county: Polk County (30), Dallas County (9), Pottawattamie County (8). Every data center identified in Iowa appears under the city or county it stands in, with its operator and the source that names it.
Who operates data centers in Iowa?
31 operators appear in the registers for Iowa. The largest by facility count: Microsoft (10), South Front Networks (8), Meta (7), Google (6), Aureon Network Services (3). Interconnection-heavy providers are over-represented because PeeringDB records where networks meet; hyperscalers appear where contributors have mapped their buildings.
Does Iowa have a data center moratorium?
Iowa has 1 state measure on record: HF 976: Limits data-center sales/use tax exemptions (enacted, Jun 2025). 8 city or county pauses are on record locally. The Iowa Data Center Moratorium Tracker carries each measure with its primary source and a weekly changelog.
Which grid operator serves Iowa data centers?
MISO runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage transmission system for most of Iowa; SPP covers the rest. MidAmerican and Alliant (interior/east) in MISO; western fringe co-op/WAPA territory in SPP (Iowa is in SPP's footprint list per FERC).
Are new data centers being built or delayed in Iowa?
3 named projects in Iowa are delayed, blocked, or under challenge, with 20 local restrictions, 2 jurisdictional actions, 4 utility dockets, and 0 flagged queue row or large-load studys. The capital atlas records 1 named site in Iowa with $7B in announced commitments and 2 projects blocked, delayed, or halted.
Facility layer: PeeringDB (Acceptable Use Policy), OpenStreetMap (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), US Census Bureau boundaries. Tracker layers: the SAVRN Moratorium Tracker, Water Tracker, Grid Operator Watchlist, Delay Watchlist, and Capital Atlas, each primary-sourced. Method on the national map.
Iowa across the SAVRN trackers
The same state followed through the money, the policy, the water and the delays. Each page is primary-sourced and refreshed on its own schedule, and each links back here.