Data Centers in Polk County, Iowa

27 in OSM snapshot
27 existing
0 planned

Key takeaways

This page lists 27 facilities in Polk County from our OpenStreetMap snapshot, not an official local inventory.
Each row links to the OpenStreetMap object used as the source.
Missing a site does not mean the site does not exist or is not proposed.
This dataset does not include a local electricity-bill or water-withdrawal figure.
Confirm anything that would affect a comment letter against the official case file.

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Building — under construction
Planned — proposed or applied
Unknown — confirm

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Electricity impact

Demand pressure is possible

Whether a nearby facility affects household rates depends on the utility and on who pays for upgrades. This dataset does not include a local bill figure for this place.

Read the sourced national studies and regulatory examples.

What this could mean locally

Cooling water

Cooling water is a local question

On-site cooling water varies by design. This dataset does not include a local withdrawal figure for this place.

On-site and electricity-related water are measured separately in the cited research.

How water use is measured

Facilities in Polk County in this OpenStreetMap snapshot (27 in this dataset)
Facility	Locality	Status	Source / checked
Altoona Meta Data Center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Aureon	Des Moines, Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Facebook Altoona Data Center 1	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Facebook Altoona Data Center 2	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Facebook Altoona Data Center 3	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Facebook Altoona Data Center 4	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Facebook Altoona Data Center 5	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Lightedge Des Moines 1	Altoona, Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Lightedge Des Moines 2	Altoona, Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Meta	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Meta	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Microsoft	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Project Alluvion	West Des Moines, Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Project Ginger East	West Des Moines, Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09
Unnamed data center	Polk County, IA	Existing	OpenStreetMap · 2026-11-09