Data centers in Van Meter, Iowa
Van Meter has 1 data center on the record; it is being built. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Van Meter yet. Dallas County's own decisions are on the Dallas County page.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Van Meter
Every Van Meter record 1 record · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Van Meter Data Center Campus Van Meter, Dallas County | Being built | Microsoft | 200 | Microsoft closed on six hundred acres in Woodward for a data center campus, announcing the project at a community meeting restricted to local residents and prompting criticism from a freedom of information advocate. mississippivalleypublishing.com (opens in a new tab) query feed October 20, 2026 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Van Meter Data Center Campus | Van Meter, Dallas | Being built | Microsoft | 200 | the developer's figure | site | 1 | 2026-10-27 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
What happened
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Ownership changeMicrosoft Van Meter Data Center Campus
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The county and nearby counties
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Iowa county.
Disclosed figures
200 MW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 200 MW | 1 | 0 | 1 the developer's figure |
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
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
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 1 | 200 MW |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
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 Van Meter is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Van Meter is cooled.
About this data
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Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Van Meter, Dallas County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/dallas-county/van-meter. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- city
- Census GEOID
- 1980445
- Census geography
- Incorporated place, Van Meter city
- Rating
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