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Data centers · Polk County, Iowa

Polk County

4 projects on record

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Projects in Polk County
I-80 Commerce Center data center campus (Ankeny)Commerce Center LLC (Signature Real Estate); Edged Energy (reported operator)—ProposedApril 5, 2024Under 50 MW
Meta Altoona data centerMeta—OperatingDec. 15, 2021Under 50 MW
Microsoft Project Alluvion (West Des Moines)Microsoft—OperatingMay 22, 2024Under 50 MW
Microsoft Project Ginger East (West Des Moines)Microsoft—OperatingMay 22, 2024Under 50 MW

Updates, newest first

  1. May 23, 2024 Meta Altoona data center · IEDA records cited by the Business Record show a 2019 property tax exemption for a $400 million Altoona phase. (Business Record (innovationIOWA), May 23, 2024)
  2. May 22, 2024 Microsoft Project Ginger East (West Des Moines) · The Register listed Ginger East among Microsoft's five existing West Des Moines data centers. (Des Moines Register (via AOL), May 22, 2024)
  3. May 22, 2024 Microsoft Project Alluvion (West Des Moines) · The Register listed Alluvion among Microsoft's five existing West Des Moines data centers. (Des Moines Register (via AOL), May 22, 2024)
  4. April 5, 2024 I-80 Commerce Center data center campus (Ankeny) · Ankeny's planning commission recommended a development plan change for two data center buildings of about 536,000 and 776,000 square feet. (DatacenterDynamics, April 5, 2024)
  5. Dec. 15, 2021 Meta Altoona data center · Meta announced two more buildings, its seventh expansion at Altoona, bringing the campus past 5 million square feet. (Data Center Frontier, Dec. 15, 2021)

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 →