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Data center project · Dallas County, Iowa

Microsoft Van Meter site

Site zoned or marketed · Microsoft paid nearly $40 million for about 414 acres on the edge of Van Meter, next to a neighborhood, for what could be its first central Iowa data center outside West Des Moines.

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Status
Site zoned or marketed · as of Jan. 2024
Location
Southeast of 360th Street and Richland Road, and south of 365th Street, Van Meter · Dallas County
Status note
Land bought; no plans filed in the sources reviewed.
Power
Not reported
No figure published.
Land
414 acres
Investment
Nearly $40 million paid for the land
Developer and team
Microsoft
End user
Microsoft
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. Jan. 2024 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)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage is the sum of the two parcels as reported (221 + 193).

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