Data centers in Iowa
36 Iowa data centers appear in the public records behind this site — 0 from county and city permit GIS, 36 from OpenStreetMap — across 3 cities. It is a floor on how many data centers are in Iowa, not a complete roster.
As of OSM 2026-09-17 (inventory dated 2026-09-17) · County & city permit GIS + OpenStreetMap · zoninglabs.com/…/about-data · openstreetmap.org/…/copyright
- Facilities on record
- 36
- a floor, not a census
- Cities
- 3
- most in Altoona
- With permit detail
- 0
- no county layer here
- Published floor area
- Not published
Map of data centers in Iowa
- Permit GIS · 0
- OpenStreetMap only · 36
List of Iowa data centers
Sort by any column. Named facilities link to their own page; a record OpenStreetMap carries without a name is listed by its element id, because there is nothing else to say about it.
| Apple | Apple | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Aureon | — | Des Moines | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| CyrusOne | CyrusOne | Council Bluffs | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 1 | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 2 | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 3 | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 4 | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 5 | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| ForceAmp.com | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Geneseo Communications Inc | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
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| Lightedge Des Moines 2 | — | Altoona | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Meta | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Meta | Meta | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Unnamed (OSM way 1368776076) | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Unnamed (OSM way 1454813846) | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Unnamed (OSM way 191655977) | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
| Unnamed (OSM way 944024849) | — | — | — | — | OpenStreetMap |
Iowa data centers by city
- Not reported33
- Altoona1
- Council Bluffs1
- Des Moines1
Operators named in Iowa
As published. Operator and owner are often different companies and these records do not distinguish them.
- Microsoft10
- Google9
- Meta7
- Apple1
- CyrusOne1
The power behind Iowa's data centers
EIA-860M lists 306 operating power plants in Iowa totalling 24,916 MW of nameplate capacity, of which 38 are natural gas plants. That is the supply these 36 facilities draw on. None of these data-centre records states a load, so this page draws no line between the two — it only puts them in one place.
Data centers in Iowa: FAQ
- How many data centers are in Iowa?
- 36 are on the public record this directory reads: 0 in county or city permit GIS and 36 in OpenStreetMap. Iowa has no state register of data centres, so that is a lower bound rather than a count.
- Where are the data centers in Iowa?
- Mostly around Altoona, which holds more of these records than anywhere else in the state. The map above plots all 36 and the city table breaks them out.
- Is there a data center near me in Iowa?
- The city table below groups every facility on record by city, which is the quickest way to find the data center closest to a given town. This site does not read your location.
- Are these AI data centers?
- Unknown, and no public record in Iowa says. A permit records a data center; it does not record the tenant or the workload. Where an AI data center exists in Iowa it is in this list without being labelled as one, and this page will not guess which.
- Who operates Iowa data centers?
- Microsoft appears against more of these records than any other operator. Where a source names no operator the row says so rather than guessing one.
- How many Iowa data centers are under construction or planned?
- No source covering Iowa publishes a build status, so this page shows none. Status is only available where a county publishes its permit layer.
- How current is this, and what is left out?
- OpenStreetMap extract 2026-09-17; county permit capture 2026-09-12. Power draw, tenant, commissioned megawatts and lease terms are not in any of these public records and are not shown anywhere on this site.