The Des Moines data center market is located in the state of Iowa within Americas. Des Moines has 52 facilities with 9,998,941 sqft and 1,279 megawatts.
The top providers in Des Moines are Microsoft Azure (18 sites) and Meta with 10 facilities . The most popular facilities are Cologix DSM1 and Cologix: Des Moines DSM3.
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| Location | About | Total SqFt | Power (MW) |
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| Metro ValleyInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us | NN Request Dataset | NN Request Dataset |
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| Location | Building SqFt | Power (MW) | Estimated Launch |
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| PlusInterested in this information?Contact us | 245,000 SqFt | 48 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| Central PointInterested in this information?Contact us | 315,000 SqFt | 50 Megawatts | Q1 2027 |
| Campus PrimeInterested in this information?Contact us | SqFt | 0 Megawatts | Q1 2026 |
| Prime CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | 245,000 SqFt | 48 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| South StationInterested in this information?Contact us | 245,000 SqFt | 40 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
Not an obvious location for dataenters, Des Moines is a good location nonetheless. Lower power rates and low risk of natural disasters make it a good choice for a central US deployment. Carrier neutral colocation providers consider it a tertiary metro with only LightEdge, OneNeck and InfoBunker leasing colo space.
Des Monies is the capital city of Iowa, the state which casts the first lot for the US President. The city has 216,000 people, however, the surrounding MSA has 635,000 residents.
Electric power is economical in Des Moines with the average commercial electricity rate at 6.76¢/kWh. Iowa also doesn't apply sales tax to power use. While coal is the predominant energy source, wind is becoming a larger source (27.5% in 2013). In 2013, MidAmeria Energy added 138 MegaWatts of Wind generating capacity in conjunction with the Facebook Altoona data center announcement.
October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in Japan developed by Blueleaf Energy under long-term power purchase agreements. Macquarie Asset Management, which owns Blueleaf, said in a press release on Oct. 28 that its Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated both...
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October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is extending the useful life of its data centers and office buildings to 25 years from 15, effective this fiscal year. The company reported fiscal first-quarter Microsoft Cloud revenue up 30% on Oct. 28, with Azure revenue up 48%, according to Microsoft's earnings release....
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October 22, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The Development of Regional Impact application covers 349 acres at 0 Huffaker Road and 1,659,000 square feet of floor space. Microsoft owns the land, bought in...
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October 19, 2026 Nscale
Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor Nscale's Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sovereign AI data center when it was announced in 2025. The withdrawal, first reported by The Telegraph on Oct. 18, leaves the £2bn...
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October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource Generation Company, will add...
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October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center campus...
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