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Data centers in Johnson County, Iowa

No data center in Johnson County is on the record. The nearest planned data centers are Google Cedar Rapids data center and QTS Cedar Rapids, placed together at the center of Cedar Rapids, about 21 miles away. The nearest running is Meta Altoona Data Center, about 98 miles away.

Johnson County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously extended the moratorium on rezoning, permits, and construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County by nine months until Aug. 8, 2027, in a vote on Oct. 15.

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The closest data centers to Johnson 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.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Being built

    Site not located

    Google Cedar Rapids data center

    Cedar Rapids, Linn County · Google

    Latest, reported September 16, 2026: QTS data center under construction in Cedar Rapids, Big Cedar Industrial area

    About 21 miles from the center of Johnson County to the center of Cedar Rapids.

    Also placed at the center of Cedar Rapids: QTS Cedar Rapids.

    eaglevoice.com news outlet
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Meta Altoona Data Center

    Altoona, Polk County · Meta

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    About 98 miles from the center of Johnson County to the center of Altoona.

What Johnson County has decided 1 body, 3 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.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Johnson Countycountynot ratedJohnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously extended the moratorium on rezoning, permits, and construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County by nine months until Aug. 8, 2027, in a vote on Oct. 15. dailyiowan.com local outlet Oct 153 acts on this row
Every act on the Johnson County row
  1. moratorium extended

    Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously extended the moratorium on rezoning, permits, and construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County by nine months until Aug. 8, 2027, in a vote on Oct. 15

    dailyiowan.com local outlet

  2. moratorium

    The Johnson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend extending the moratorium for nine months on September 14

    cbs2iowa.com local outlet

  3. moratorium adopted

    Johnson County approved a moratorium on data center development on November 6, 2025

    cbs2iowa.com local outlet

Last verified October 15, 2026.

32026-10-15

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The rules across Iowa

What happened

  1. dailyiowan.com local outlet
  2. cbs2iowa.com local outlet

  3. Moratorium adoptedJohnson County

    Johnson County approved a moratorium on data center development on November 6, 2025

    cbs2iowa.com local outlet

Iowa, year by year

Nearby places with records

21 miles away Cedar Rapids: 3 data centers on the record.
28 miles away Linn County: 3 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
57 miles away Clinton County: 1 data center on the record.
66 miles away Dubuque County: 1 data center on the record.
66 miles away Peosta: 1 data center on the record.
70 miles away Clinton: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Iowa county.

Questions about Johnson County

Is there a data center near Johnson County?

No data center in Johnson County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Google Cedar Rapids data center, about 21 miles from the center of Johnson County to the center of Cedar Rapids, one of 2 the record places at the same point, being built. The nearest running is Meta Altoona Data Center, about 98 miles from the center of Johnson County to the center of Altoona.

answered from the rows above

Is Johnson County allowing new data centers?

Johnson 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: Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously extended the moratorium on rezoning, permits, and construction of a data center in unincorporated Johnson County by nine months until Aug. 8, 2027, in a vote on Oct. 15.

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Researcher view · Johnson County, Iowa · 0 records, 1 rule row · Census GEOID 19103 · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 15, 2026

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