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Iowa / IA

Iowa data center and compute infrastructure research

This state has reviewed research coverage from the national 50-state Atlas. Exact project locations are published only after source evidence establishes coordinates; state-level, regulatory, utility and prospective evidence remains visible without inventing map precision.

5reviewed research rows
2confirmed rows
3accepted prospective rows
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Iowa

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State research coverage

Iowa is part of the 50-state research coverage.

The current reviewed research set contains 5 accepted evidence records for Iowa, including 2 confirmed and 3 accepted prospective rows, with a research cutoff of 2026-08-20. These are evidence records, not a count of unique facilities.

Prospective records remain labeled as proposals, applications, forecasts, targets, queue entries or other non-operational states. The Atlas does not convert state-level or locality evidence into a precise project point unless a controlling source supports that location.

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Evidence-backed project locations

Iowa project points

Source-exact records use supported coordinates. Dashed rings mark Census address-range geocodes, not rooftop or surveyed coordinates. Qualified research candidates are shown separately at Census locality or county centroids when that is the strongest source-backed geography; those markers do not claim a precise site coordinate.

1 mapped location
Google Cedar Rapids Data Center CampusCedar RapidsResearch candidate · locality centroid · exact site coordinate not claimed · planningNew Google data center campus in Cedar Rapids, separate from the company’s long-running Council Bluffs footprint.verified media plus first partyOpen source →
Documented project / site inventory

63 project, facility, campus or documented site records are tracked for IA.

This project layer combines available project-profile, permit/intent and civic-impact evidence. Records retain unresolved location precision and limitations rather than inventing coordinates.

Public records and supporting context

Development context

These dated decisions, filings, research collections and supporting-infrastructure records provide context. They are not additional data-center facilities.

Public agency starting point

City of Altoona Community Development

Altoona, Iowa · Community Development Director

Contact about: Could you point us to existing public city planning documents, development-review packets and the records contact for supporting infrastructure studies?

jshaw@altoona-iowa.com

Source status: historical indexed or mixed. Verify the linked public source before relying on an assignment because staff and routing can change.

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IA data-center research sources

This record is a regional research collection or market overview. It is not an individual data-center facility.

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State contact routing

Where to start in Iowa

Current source-backed route

Black Hawk County Planning and Zoning

Contact about: Comprehensive plan, zoning map, public review records and planning-jurisdiction questions.

This route was retained from current or recently revalidated public-source evidence.

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