Data centers in Iowa
Every site we track in Iowa, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count89sites tracked (52 operating, 9 under construction, 28 announced)
Single-site maximum1,300largest sourced construction figure at one site (1 site sourced; not added up)
Sum of 4 sitesat least 492permanent jobs committed or forecast at 4 sites, not yet confirmed as filled
Single site$2.5 billionannounced investment at 1 site
What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until Iowa certifies them.
- Rob Sand (D), Governor-elect. Called by AP. source
- Josh Turek (D), U.S. Senator-elect. Called by AP. source
- Sarah Trone Garriott (D), U.S. Representative-elect, IA-3. Called by AP. source
- Lindsay James (D), U.S. Representative-elect, IA-2. Called by AP. source
- Chris McGowan (R), U.S. Representative-elect, IA-4. Called by AP. source
- Christina Bohannan (D), U.S. Representative-elect, IA-1. Called by AP. source
Sites in Iowa
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Altoona Data Center Campus Meta | Polk | Operating | 1,300 | more than 400 |
| Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Google | Linn | Under construction | not stated | 31 |
| Google Council Bluffs Data Center Google | Pottawattamie | Operating | not stated | 31 |
| QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus QTS Data Centers | Linn | Under construction | not stated | at least 30 |
| 713 Nebraska Carrier Hotel (FiberComm) ImOn Communications (formerly FiberComm) | Woodbury | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Apple Waukee Data Center Apple | Dallas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Applied Digital Adair County Data Center Applied Digital | Adair | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Ark Data Centers Marion (Cedar Rapids) Ark Data Centers (formerly Involta) | Linn | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Aureon 616 Data Center Aureon | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Aurum Elk Data Center Project (Central City) Aurum Capital Ventures | Linn | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Bluebird Quad Cities Data Center Bluebird Network | Scott | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) Octopus Investments, LLC | Lee | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| COPT Defense Van Meter Data Center Shell Site COPT Defense Properties | Dallas | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Cologix DSM1 (Financial Center) Cologix | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Cologix DSM2 (Cedar Falls) Cologix | Black Hawk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Cologix DSM3 Altoona Cologix | Polk | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Connect Des Moines Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs Data Center CyrusOne | Pottawattamie | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DartPoints North Liberty Edge Data Center DartPoints | Johnson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center Edged Energy | Polk | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
Show all 89 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edged Council Bluffs Data Center Campus (Project Lola) Edged Energy | Pottawattamie | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Edged DSM01-1 Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Polk | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Energy Conversion Group Coon Rapids Bitcoin Mine Energy Conversion Group (ECG) | Carroll | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Enseva Cedar Rapids Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Enseva Hiawatha Data Center Enseva | Linn | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 2 Meta | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Fidium Des Moines Data Center Fidium (Consolidated Communications) | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ForceAmp.com Owner not yet confirmed | Johnson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| GABLE CORP Owner not yet confirmed | Pottawattamie | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Geneseo Communications Inc Owner not yet confirmed | Scott | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Global Reach Ames Data Center Global Reach Internet Productions | Story | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Google Palo Data Center Campus Google | Linn | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Great Lakes Colocation Data Center Great Lakes Communication | Dickinson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Heartland Technology Data Center (HTDC) Heartland Technology (JDC Data LLC) | Buchanan | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| IP Pathways DSM1 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| IP Pathways Urbandale Data Center IP Pathways | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ITS Iowa Data Center (Monticello) Infrastructure Technology Solutions (ITS) | Jones | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| InfoBunker Underground Data Center InfoBunker, LLC | Boone | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Karis Dubuque County Data Center Karis | Dubuque | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Karis Peosta Data Center Site (south of U.S. 20) Karis | Dubuque | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| LightEdge Altoona Data Center Campus LightEdge Solutions | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| LightEdge Ames Edge Colocation Data Center LightEdge Solutions | Story | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| LightEdge Boone Colocation Data Center LightEdge Solutions | Boone | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Lightedge Des Moines 1 Owner not yet confirmed | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lightedge Des Moines 2 Owner not yet confirmed | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Long Lines Secure Data Center Long Lines | Woodbury | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Pleasant Hill Data Center Lumen | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Mason City South Side Data Center Site (43rd Street SW) Undisclosed developer | Cerro Gordo | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Meta Davenport Data Center Meta | Scott | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center Microsoft | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Ginger East Data Center Microsoft | Polk | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center Microsoft | Polk | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Mountain Data Center Microsoft | Dallas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Osmium Data Center Microsoft | Warren | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center Microsoft | Madison | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Van Meter Data Center (Vision Park) Microsoft | Dallas | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft West Des Moines Microsoft | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Microsoft Woodward Data Center Campus Microsoft | Dallas | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| MiningStore Eldora Township Site MiningStore | Hardin | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| MiningStore St. Anthony Site MiningStore | Marshall | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| MiningStore Union Township Site MiningStore | Hardin | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Oppidan Cedar Rapids Data Center Oppidan | Linn | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Oppidan Des Moines Data Center Oppidan | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) PathOne Data Centers | Ida | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) PathOne Data Centers | Sioux | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Project West Tract | Warren | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| QTS Clinton Data Center Campus QTS Data Centers | Clinton | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| QTS Fairfax Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Linn | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| Router12 Brick and Tile Colocation (Mason City) Router12 Networks LLC | Cerro Gordo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| SFN IA-Davenport Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN IA-Emery Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN IA-IowaFalls Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN IA-Urbana Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| SFN IA-Waterloo Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Salix Data Center Site (Midwest Capital Group) Midwest Capital Group (MidAmerican Energy) | Woodbury | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Simple Mining Cascade (Dubuque County) Simple Mining | Dubuque | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Simple Mining Manchester Simple Mining | Delaware | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| South Front Networks IA-Davenport Interconnection Facility South Front Networks | Scott | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| South Front Networks IA-Emery South Front Networks | Cerro Gordo | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| South Front Networks IA-Waterloo South Front Networks | Black Hawk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| South Spencer Aureon hut Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Swarm Systems Marshalltown Data Center Swarm Systems | Marshall | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| TierPoint Newton Data Center TierPoint | Jasper | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Tract Altoona Technology Park Tract | Polk | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| U.S. Secure Hosting Center (USSHC) U.S. Secure Hosting Center | Jones | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| US Signal IA01 Des Moines Data Center (Waukee) US Signal | Dallas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Uniti Des Moines Data Center (formerly Windstream Wholesale) Uniti | Polk | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Wahawk Power Data Center Wahawk Power, LLC | Black Hawk | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| ark data centers, Cedar Rapids,IA Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Iowa: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
Tax increment rebates capped at $1 billion in aggregate over all phases, tied to employment thresholds (city resolution) (QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus).
- In writing
- 1 sourced tax incentive record from state and local filings. See the records
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
- QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus: Tax increment rebates capped at $1 billion in aggregate over all phases, tied to employment thresholds (city resolution).
From 1 signed or approved incentive record in our sources for this state. Terms are as published; we have not audited whether commitments were met.
Your officials in Iowa
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Chuck Grassley R
U.S. Senator · 89 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-224-3744 · Contact form
Mariannette Miller-Meeks R
U.S. Representative · IA-1 · 14 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-6576
Incoming in January 2027
Rob Sand D
Governor-elect · 89 sites represented
Quote
"As governor, I'd want a bill on my desk to make sure these data centers pay their own way, including covering any increase in costs on utilities so that your bills don't go up one cent." source
Josh Turek D
U.S. Senator-elect · 89 sites represented
Quote
"I think one, we need to have no more tax breaks to these corporations. Pay their fair share. Secondly, we need to make sure that these data centers are not driving up the energy rates to the end user." source
Chris McGowan R
U.S. Representative-elect · IA-4 · 18 sites represented
Quote
"I have said that data centers should pay for all of the infrastructure, and I continue to believe that that is the right course of action." source