Iowa

Name: Iowa data centers
Creator: Datacenter Source
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

Datacenter Source tracks 64 data centers in Iowa, including 4 AI campuses. Facilities that disclose power add up to 512 MW online and 1.9 GW in the pipeline. These are floors, not market size: 6% of facilities have a power figure. Largest operators by tracked MW: Google, Microsoft and Meta. 1.9 GW has been announced; 512 MW is documented as operational.

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Datacenter Source. “Iowa data centers.” /states/IA. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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@misc{datacentersource_state_IA_2026,
  title = {{Iowa data centers}},
  author = {{Datacenter Source}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{/states/IA}},
  note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; accessed 2026-10-12. Compiled from cited sources, including OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)},
}

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Floors, not market size. MW totals only add up facilities that disclose a figure (6% of 64 here); most sites don't, so the real totals are higher. “—” means not disclosed or not yet collected, never zero. CoverageData as of Oct 12, 2026

Facilities

4 campuses

Power online (floor)

512 MW

2 sites reporting

100%

Under construction (floor)

1.9 GW

planned MW at active sites

100%

Planned

—

0 planned sites (MW not disclosed)

AI campuses

512 MW online · 1.9 GW pipeline

AI compute

0.41M

H100-equivalents (est.)

Capital (reported + est.)

$16.2B

Online = operating sites; pipeline = remaining planned MW at sites under construction or planned. Percentages under each total show how much of it is backed by each evidence level. Average industrial electricity price: 9.99¢/kWh (EIA).

Confirmed filing, deed, permit or grid recordAnnounced company or press claimEst. satellite, model or map inferenceHow levels are assigned

AI data center capacity over time

Facility power at satellite-tracked AI campuses (Epoch AI timelines), quarterly

Observed (satellite-tracked) Projected

Construction pipeline by expected completion

MW from phases with a projected completion date

2026

2027

Power reality

Announced capacity vs. what grid records, construction and operation document. Facility-level sums; sources differ in coverage.

How to read this

Each bar sums one kind of evidence across facilities. Announced is the largest MW a company, utility, government or press source reported. Interconnection requests are MW in active large-load queue requests. Of the grid operators we ingest, only NYISO publishes these project by project. Contracted / approved means an executed interconnection agreement or a reported utility or power contract. Under construction and Operational come from construction records, imagery or operator reports.

The gap between announced and documented MW is capacity that has been claimed but not yet backed by a grid, construction or operating record. It is not proof a project won't happen. On-site generation is listed separately and never added to grid capacity. Method

Time to power puts each site's pending MW (announced minus operational) into a bucket by the midpoint of its evidence-based window. The window starts at the furthest documented stage and adds editorial ranges for what remains (e.g. announced: 2–5 yrs; land acquired: 2–4.5 yrs; planning / zoning: 1.75–4 yrs). Insufficient evidence means no dated stage evidence, not a delay. Windows are ranges, not forecasts. All ranges and rules

Announced1.9 GW
Interconnection requests—
Contracted / approved—
Under construction1.9 GW
Operational512 MW

Pending MW by time to power

< 1 year1.9 GW · 2
1–2 years— · 0
2–4 years— · 0
4+ years— · 0
Insufficient evidence— · 0

Bucketed by the midpoint of each site's evidence-based window. Windows are ranges, not forecasts.

Largest gaps: announced vs documented

No large gaps in this scope.

Verified operating: 2Under construction: 2Unverified: 60

Interconnection queues

Active requests to connect to the grid (MISO, PJM, SPP). Requests are applications, not commitments.

How to read this

A queue request asks a grid operator (ISO/RTO) to connect a new generator or large load to the transmission system. It then moves through studies (feasibility, system impact, facilities) before an interconnection agreement, construction and service. Filing is an application, not a commitment to build. Generation totals here are active requests only.

Why most aren't built: in the queue files we ingest, PJM: 100% of 2 requests withdrawn, 0% in service; MISO: 51% of 229 requests withdrawn, 2% in service. These are shares of each published file, not completion rates. SPP is left out because their files don't include withdrawn requests. Queue sources

Data-center load requests are shown only where an ISO publishes them project by project (NYISO). Elsewhere, large loads go through utilities, and the ISO figures above (e.g. ERCOT's large-load tracking) are quoted from the operator's own documents.

Generation seeking interconnection19.34 GW · 113 requests

Wind 6.73 GWSolar 4.74 GWStorage 3.14 GWGas 2.7 GWNuclear 1.26 GWHybrid 513 MWUnknown 240 MW

Coverage

How much of this scope our sources describe. Low coverage means data isn't disclosed or not yet collected, not that there's nothing there.

Data as of Oct 12, 2026

Facilities with a power figure6% (4 of 64)

100%

Facilities with confirmed evidence0% (0 of 64)

Only estimated evidence (mapping or models)100% (64 of 64)

Confirmed evidence = at least one fact about the facility itself from a filing, deed, permit, interconnection record, or government or utility record. Regional context (state prices, nearby plants, utility territory maps) doesn't count. Most facilities come from OpenStreetMap, which records that a building exists but rarely its power, owner or status.

Coverage by Markets
Markets	Facilities	With power	Confirmed
Des Moines	39	3%(low)	0%
Council Bluffs / Omaha	21	5%	0%