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Apple Waukee data center campus

Approved · Apple's long-delayed Waukee campus won state and city incentives in 2017 and was planned in 2022 for up to six buildings. Also known as: Project Morgan.

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Status
Approved · as of Feb. 8, 2022
Location
West of T Avenue, north and south of Hickman Road, Waukee · Dallas County
Status note
Approved in 2017 and repeatedly delayed; site plans for up to six buildings went to the city in 2022. Later progress not checked.
Power
Not reported
No figure published.
Floor area
1,970,000 sq ft
Land
2,000 acres
Investment
$1.3 billion initially announced
Developer and team
Apple
End user
Apple
Incentives
Reported in 2017 as $207 million in incentives: $20 million from the state and $188 million in Waukee property tax abatements over 20 years (the parts add to $208 million); Apple to put up to $100 million into a Waukee public improvement fund
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Feb. 8, 2022 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)
  2. Aug. 24, 2017 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)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Approved before 2024; kept because it is a large approved campus whose construction status is not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
  • The 2,000 acres is the land Apple said it planned to buy in 2017. KCRG gave the incentive total as $207 million while its two parts add to $208 million.

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