Data centers in West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines has 2 data centers on the record: 2 running. No city rule about data centers is on the record for West Des Moines yet. Polk County's own decisions are on the Polk County page.
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The 2 data centers in West Des Moines
Every West Des Moines record 2 records · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureon West Des Moines Data Center West Des Moines, Polk County | Running | Aureon Network Services | 4 | |
| Microsoft West Des Moines Data Center Campuses (Alluvion, Osmium, Ginger, Ruthenium, and Maple) West Des Moines, Polk County | Running | Microsoft | 500 | Microsoft owns over 600 acres in West Des Moines with five data center campuses operational since 2012 and a sixth approved by city council agreement, having invested an estimated 5 to 6 billion dollars in the area. wpr.org (opens in a new tab) query feed May 15, 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureon West Des Moines Data Center | West Des Moines, Polk | Running | Aureon Network Services | 4 | the developer's figure | site | 1 | 2026-10-27 |
| Microsoft West Des Moines Data Center Campuses (Alluvion, Osmium, Ginger, Ruthenium, and Maple) | West Des Moines, Polk | Running | Microsoft | 500 | 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 West Des Moines has decided
June 15, 2026 West Des Moines, IA Norwalk City Council sees push back on proposed data center
In West Des Moines, Polk County (IA), West Des Moines City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
- West Des Moines City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official auto captions, unchecked
"pollution, and power usage. One resident telling Local 5 he feels the city has been trying to hide the project from the public. One of my kids that lives in Norwalk sent me a text, hey, did you read this article in the newspaper in Indianola about the meeting next Thursday? And I'm like, what meeting? And so as I started to dig into it, I'm like, there was no information. The council's going to vote on a deal with the developers. Nobody"
- Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
"employees. The city does clarify that tonight's vote does not approve or authorize any data center to be built. It simply begins talks between Norwalk and the land developer."
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What happened
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Went liveMicrosoft West Des Moines Data Center Campuses (Alluvion, Osmium, Ginger, Ruthenium, and Maple)
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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
504 MW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 504 MW | 2 | 0 | 2 the developer's figure |
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 2 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 2 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 504 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 2 tracked facilities in West Des Moines are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in West Des Moines are cooled.
About this data
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ia/polk-county/west-des-moines. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- city
- Census GEOID
- 1983910
- Census geography
- Incorporated place, West Des Moines city
- Rating
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