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Data centers · Dallas County, Iowa

Dallas County

6 projects on record

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Projects in Dallas County
Apple Waukee data center campusApple—ApprovedFeb. 8, 202250 MW+
COPT Defense Properties Van Meter landCOPT Defense Properties—Site zoned or marketedOct. 202450 MW+
Microsoft Project Ginger West (West Des Moines)Microsoft—OperatingMay 22, 2024Under 50 MW
Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines)Microsoft—OperatingMay 22, 2024Under 50 MW
Microsoft Van Meter siteMicrosoft—Site zoned or marketedJan. 202450 MW+
Microsoft Woodward data center campusMicrosoft—Site zoned or marketedOct. 202650 MW+

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 12, 2026 Microsoft Woodward data center campus · At a community meeting, a resident was forcibly removed after pressing the mayor on whether residents could vote on the project; he was not arrested. (Newsweek, Oct. 13, 2026)
  2. Oct. 2026 Microsoft Woodward data center campus · Microsoft confirmed it had bought about 600 acres zoned for industry in the Woodward Eco Business Park for data center development. (Newsweek, Oct. 13, 2026)
  3. Oct. 2024 COPT Defense Properties Van Meter land · COPT Defense Properties acquired 365 acres; its chief executive called it a new market for its data center shell program. (Business Record, Oct. 29, 2024)
  4. May 22, 2024 Microsoft Project Ginger West (West Des Moines) · The Register listed Ginger West among Microsoft's five existing West Des Moines data centers. (Des Moines Register (via AOL), May 22, 2024)
  5. May 22, 2024 Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines) · The Register listed Mountain among Microsoft's five existing West Des Moines data centers. (Des Moines Register (via AOL), May 22, 2024)
  6. Jan. 2024 Microsoft Van Meter site · Dallas County property records show Microsoft bought more than 221 acres and another 193 acres on Van Meter's southeast edge. (Des Moines Register (via AOL), Feb. 2, 2024)
  7. Sept. 9, 2023 Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines) · AP reported, from water works figures, that the cluster used about 11.5 million gallons in July 2022 and that the utility will consider more Microsoft projects only if they cut peak water use. (Associated Press (via FOX 9), Sept. 9, 2023)
  8. Feb. 8, 2022 Apple Waukee data center campus · Apple filed site plans for up to six data center buildings, about 1.97 million square feet in all. (Data Center Frontier, Feb. 8, 2022)
  9. Aug. 24, 2017 Apple Waukee data center campus · Waukee City Council and the IEDA board approved incentives for Apple's $1.3 billion data center on land it planned to buy. (KCRG (WOI-TV), Aug. 24, 2017; Trade & Industry Development, Aug. 25, 2017)

Statewide

Iowa exempts qualifying data center purchases (servers, equipment and, for large centers, electricity and backup fuel) from state sales and use tax under Iowa Code 423.3(95) for centers that invest at least $200 million at an Iowa location within six years, have at least 5,000 square feet and meet state sustainable design standards. (Iowa Department of Revenue, Oct. 20, 2026) House File 976, signed June 6, 2025, put time limits on the electricity and backup fuel exemption for large data centers built or expanded after that date: 10 years in cities over 30,000 people and 15 years in smaller places; centers operating before then keep it without end. (Iowa Legislature, Oct. 20, 2026; Nyemaster Goode, June 9, 2025) House File 2690 (formerly HF 2447), on data center water and energy reporting and tariff requirements, passed the House Commerce Committee 23-0 in February 2026 and was placed on the House calendar, but no floor vote is recorded. (Iowa Legislature, Oct. 20, 2026) The Iowa Utilities Commission granted NextEra a generating certificate on June 18, 2026 to restart the 615 MW Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Palo, most of whose power Google has agreed to buy under a 25-year agreement; federal approvals are still pending. (Corridor Business Journal, June 18, 2026) Utility large-load tariffs for data centers (MidAmerican Energy, Interstate Power and Light) at the Iowa Utilities Commission: not yet checked. () Iowa data centers →