Data center laws in Iowa

No statute, commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill on data centers at the state level has been published to the record for Iowa yet. County and city rules are on the scorecard of the Iowa page.

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Rules in Iowa

When a bill is introduced or an order is issued, it is drafted from the legislature's or the commission's own text and published here after a person reads it. Local rules, county and city ordinances and moratoriums, stay on the Iowa scorecard.

A law here is one statute, utility commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill at the state level. What it requires is taken from the text, never summarized from coverage; a date the text does not give is left empty. Its status is one of five, defined on the laws index. The dated events beneath a law are the scorecard entries that cite it.

Bills tracked

4 bills tracked in the Iowa legislature: 4 in committee. A row opens its own page, with its history, each recorded vote and the legislature's own text. A resolution states a position and does not change the law.

No official summary on file for any of these 4 bills; each links to the legislature's page for the text.

In committee 4

A bill for an act making certain sales and use tax exemptions relating to nuclear electric generation facilities, web search portal businesses, and data center businesses contingent upon making contributions to institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.(See SF 2498.)

S.S.B. 3181 In committee February 25, 2026

91st General Assembly.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.
A bill for an act relating to investment requirements for data center businesses that claim certain sales tax exemptions and sales and use tax refunds.(Formerly HSB 727.)

H.F. 2688 In committee February 23, 2026

91st General Assembly.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.
A bill for an act relating to investment requirements for data center businesses that claim certain sales tax exemptions and sales and use tax refunds.(See HF 2688.)

H.S.B. 727 In committee February 11, 2026

91st General Assembly.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.
A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of tax incentives provided to web search portal businesses and data center businesses, and including effective date provisions.

H.F. 2198 In committee January 29, 2026

91st General Assembly.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.

4 bills tracked in Iowa; 91st General Assembly, legislature adjourned. No data center bills found as of October 26, 2026. Search terms: data center, data centre, large load, hyperscale, computing facility, server farm, high load factor (indirect), energy intensive facility (indirect), large electric load (indirect), digital asset mining (indirect), cryptocurrency mining (indirect), qualified technology facility (indirect), colocation (indirect), moratorium (with another term), sales tax exemption (with another term). The search on LegiScan. (opens in a new tab)

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