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Data centers · Woodbury County, Iowa

Woodbury County

1 project on record · 2 moratorium or ban actions

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Projects in Woodbury County
Google data center proposal (Salix)Google—ProposedOct. 14, 202650 MW+

Moratoriums and bans

  1. June 23, 2026 Woodbury County: Moratorium. Twelve-month moratorium on accepting, processing or approving any data center application in unincorporated areas, adopted 5-0 while the zoning commission writes rules. (Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, June 23, 2026)
  2. Aug. 20, 2026 Salix: Moratorium rejected. City council voted 3-2 against a one-year moratorium on data centers while Google studies a 900-acre annexed site. (Iowa Public Radio, Aug. 21, 2026)

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 14, 2026 Google data center proposal (Salix) · The council approved, 3-2, a $150,000 memorandum of understanding with Google to study the proposal; Google described six site studies and promised monthly updates. (KTIV, Oct. 15, 2026)
  2. Aug. 20, 2026 Google data center proposal (Salix) · The council voted 3-2 against a one-year moratorium after a meeting postponed because officials received threats. (Iowa Public Radio, Aug. 21, 2026)
  3. Aug. 20, 2026 Salix: Moratorium rejected · City council voted 3-2 against a one-year moratorium on data centers while Google studies a 900-acre annexed site. (Iowa Public Radio, Aug. 21, 2026)
  4. Aug. 2026 Google data center proposal (Salix) · Google was identified as the prospective customer in early August. (Iowa Public Radio, Aug. 21, 2026)
  5. July 18, 2026 Google data center proposal (Salix) · Residents protested outside City Hall against the proposal. (KTIV, July 18, 2026)
  6. June 23, 2026 Woodbury County: Moratorium · Twelve-month moratorium on accepting, processing or approving any data center application in unincorporated areas, adopted 5-0 while the zoning commission writes rules. (Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, June 23, 2026)
  7. April 2026 Google data center proposal (Salix) · Salix annexed about 900 acres of farmland for a potential data center. (Iowa Public Radio, Aug. 21, 2026)

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 →