Data centers in Iowa
35 data centers are listed in Iowa. The cities with the most listings are Altoona (10), Council Bluffs (5), Cedar Rapids (3), Des Moines (3) and Waukee (3); together they hold 69% of them. The operators with the most listings are Microsoft (7), Meta (7) and Google (3), out of 8 named operators.
By type, the listings in Iowa are 49% hyperscaler-owned, 29% colocation and 20% unclassified. Across the United States the hyperscaler-owned share is 15%. By published floor area, the largest single buildings are CyrusOne Council Bluffs, IA, OCB1 (CyrusOne, 420,000 sq ft) and Cologix DSM2 Digital Edge Data Center (Cologix, 24,000 sq ft).
Iowa ranks 21st of 50 US states by listed facilities, with 1% of the US total. Neighboring states: Illinois (107), Minnesota (46), Missouri (36) and Nebraska (20).
The three operators with the most listings hold 49% of them; 2 of the 8 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 9 MW of IT load across 1 building; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. Listings not yet in operation: 1 announced and 2 planned. Among them: Google Cedar Rapids, Iowa, QTS Clinton and QTS Cedar Rapids.
About Iowa
The directory lists 35 data centers in Iowa, 21st among US states and 1 percent of all listings in the United States. They are run by 8 operators in 12 towns and cities. Altoona has the most with 10, followed by Council Bluffs with 5, and Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Waukee with 3 each. The directory does not define a market in Iowa.
Hyperscale operators account for much of Iowa's list. Meta and Microsoft have the most, 7 each, followed by Google with 3, and Apple also has a site here. Cologix, CyrusOne and QTS have 2 listings each. Hyperscale sites account for 17 of the records and colocation sites for 10.
Few buildings publish size figures. The only published IT load is CyrusOne's OCB1 in Council Bluffs at 9 MW, and OCB1 is also the largest of the 3 buildings with a published floor area, at 420,000 square feet, far larger than Cologix's DSM2 in Cedar Falls and DSM1 in Des Moines.
Several projects are in the pipeline. Google and QTS both have planned sites in Cedar Rapids, and QTS has announced a site in Clinton.
34 of 35 facilities have coordinates.
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Planned and new data centers in Iowa
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Planned | not recorded | |
| QTS Cedar Rapids | QTS | Planned | not recorded |
| QTS Clinton | QTS | Announced | not recorded |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne Council Bluffs, IA, OCB1 | CyrusOne | 420,000 |
| Cologix DSM2 Digital Edge Data Center | Cologix | 24,000 |
| Cologix DSM1 Digital Edge Data Center | Cologix | 4,000 |