Data centers in Boone County, Iowa
No data center in Boone County is on the record. The nearest one planned is PathOne Arthur Data Center, about 75 miles away, reported. The nearest running is Cologix Des Moines, 35 miles away.
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The closest data centers to Boone County
The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Iowa and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.
- Nearest one planned
PathOne Arthur Data Center
Arthur, Ida County · PathOne
No dated entry on the record yet.
About 75 miles from the center of Boone County to the center of Arthur.
- Nearest one running desmoinesregister.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
Cologix Des Moines
Des Moines, Polk County · Cologix
Latest, reported September 20, 2026: Microsoft data center in West Des Moines opened in 2012
35 miles from the center of Boone County to the site.
What Boone County has decided 1 body, 2 decisions on the record
What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County | county | not rated | The Boone County Board of Supervisors adopted a moratorium on new data center projects. qctimes.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Oct 92 acts on this rowEvery act on the Boone County row
| 2 | 2026-10-09 |
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What happened
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Moratorium adoptedBoone County
The Boone County Board of Supervisors adopted a moratorium on new data center projects.
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Moratorium adoptedBoone County
Boone County Board of Supervisors adopted moratorium on new data center projects for up to one year
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Nearby places with records
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Questions about Boone County
Is there a data center near Boone County?
No data center in Boone County is on the record. The nearest one planned is PathOne Arthur Data Center, about 75 miles from the center of Boone County to the center of Arthur, reported. The nearest running is Cologix Des Moines, 35 miles from the center of Boone County to the site.
answered from the rows aboveIs Boone County allowing new data centers?
Boone County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: The Boone County Board of Supervisors adopted a moratorium on new data center projects, October 9, 2026.
answered from the rows aboveAbout this data
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For researchers
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- 19015
- Census geography
- County, Boone County
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