Data Center Record.

Data centers in Clinton, Iowa

Clinton has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Clinton yet. Clinton County's own decisions are on the Clinton County page.

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The data center in Clinton

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Reported Built from one source

    QTS Clinton Data Center

    Clinton, Clinton County · QTS

    Latest, reported August 29, 2026: QTS is currently constructing a data center on 612 acres in Cedar Rapids at the Big Cedar Industrial Center wvik.org local outlet

    Land
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    Power
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    Water
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    Tenant
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Where

1 data center in Clinton: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Clinton's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What was said

NO Data Center Concert organized by Robbie Bahr held in protest on September 13 from 2 to 10 p.m. at Clinton, Iowa Bandshell
Robbie Bahr · September 10, 2026 · paraphrased · quadcities.com local outlet
Clintonians Against Data Centers raised concerns about displacement of wildlife, local job creation, tax abatement, water usage, and effects on wildlife at the proposed QTS Clinton data center
Clintonians Against Data Centers · August 29, 2026 · paraphrased · WVIK, Quad Cities NPR local outlet

Every Iowa statement, by speaker

2 more statements on this page

Robbie Bahr

Free concert and peaceful protest scheduled for Sunday, September 13 from 2 to 10 p.m. at Riverview Bandshell in opposition to data center

September 7, 2026, cbs2iowa.com · cbs2iowa.com local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

former concert promoter and Clinton resident

Robbie Bahr called for a moratorium of roughly 500 to 600 days to allow additional study and public discussion

September 7, 2026, cbs2iowa.com · cbs2iowa.com local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 1 record

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Permanent jobsNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Tax each yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed1Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Clinton is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Clinton is cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/clinton-county/clinton, updated September 17, 2026.

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