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Grant intended to address labor concerns for data center development
Data centers in Linn County, Iowa
Linn County has 3 data centers on the record: 2 being built and 1 proposed. Linn 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: Linn County adopted a moratorium after developing an ordinance with independent water studies, setbacks, property owner protections, and community benefit investments, August 30, 2026.
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 3 data centers in Linn County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
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 eaglevoice.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Cedar Rapids Third Data Center (Southwest Side)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County · Oppidan (CLOP Cedar Rapids IA LLC)
Latest, reported July 9, 2026: This area has been zoned for industrial use since early 2000s cbs2iowa.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
Drag with one finger to move the map, pinch to zoom. Tap a pin for the data center, a county for its rules
3 data centers in Linn County: 2 being built, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Linn County on the record (1)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids | 3 | 1 |
What Linn County has decided
2 bodies, 4 decisions on the recordWhat 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Linn Countycounty
Linn County adopted a moratorium after developing an ordinance with independent water studies, setbacks, property owner protections, and community benefit investments, reported August 30, 2026.
3 acts on this row
- moratorium adopted
Linn County adopted a moratorium after developing an ordinance with independent water studies, setbacks, property owner protections, and community benefit investments.
- event
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency board unanimously directed staff to prepare resolution requiring commercial sites including data centers to sort waste before landfill delivery
- moratorium
Linn County implemented a data center moratorium
- moratorium adopted
- Cedar Rapidscity
Cedar Rapids Solid Waste Agency found banned cardboard and recyclables at data center waste sites, reported August 21, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Cedar Rapids Solid Waste Agency found banned cardboard and recyclables at data center waste sites
- moratorium
What happened
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· Linn County
Moratorium adopted: Linn County adopted a moratorium after developing an ordinance with independent water studies, setbacks, property owner protections, and community benefit investments. thegazette.com local outlet
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· Linn County
Scorecard event: Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency board unanimously directed staff to prepare resolution requiring commercial sites including data centers to sort waste before landfill delivery thegazette.com local outlet
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· Cedar Rapids
Moratorium: Cedar Rapids Solid Waste Agency found banned cardboard and recyclables at data center waste sites kcrg.com local outlet
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· Linn County
Moratorium: Linn County implemented a data center moratorium thegazette.com local outlet
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· Cedar Rapids Third Data Center (Southwest Side)
Now reported: The newly approved facility would be about the size of half a Target Supercenter; facility location at 1515 33rd Ave. SW cbs2iowa.com local outlet
What was said
Korey Hall, associate professor of pre engineering at Kirkwood, expressed concern about data center energy use and environmental impacts
Cedar Rapids offered data center companies tax credits; companies pay less than a third of commercial property taxes for the first 20 years
QTS announced a five million dollar grant to local organizations including the Iowa Workforce Development Foundation
Every Iowa statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 3 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 3 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not 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 3 tracked facilities in Linn County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 3 tracked facilities in Linn County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Linn County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/linn-county, updated October 6, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Linn County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/linn-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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