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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| Ridge UltraInterested in this information?Contact us | NN Request Dataset | NN Request Dataset | |
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The SW Kerry Street site, also known as Project Osmium, was announced in 2016 and will span 1.7 m...
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The construction in Waukee has been long delayed and finally was restarted in 2022.
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The SW Kerry Street site, also known as Project Osmium, was announced in 2016 and will span 1.7 m...
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| Location | Building SqFt | Power (MW) | Estimated Launch |
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| West ParkInterested in this information?Contact us | 245,000 SqFt | 48 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| NorthInterested in this information?Contact us | 315,000 SqFt | 50 Megawatts | Q1 2027 |
| Campus MaxInterested in this information?Contact us | SqFt | 0 Megawatts | Q1 2026 |
| North CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | 245,000 SqFt | 48 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| Global ValleyInterested 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 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, four days after the sale closed. The site lies between Highway 141 and Seminole Avenue, but...
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October 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported on...
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September 30, 2026 Firmus Technologies
Meta has signed strategic AI infrastructure agreements with Australian AI factory developer Firmus Technologies for GPU compute capacity at Firmus sites across Southeast Asia, the companies announced Tuesday. The agreements cover contracted capacity plus options to expand, and Capital Brief...
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September 30, 2026 Meta
Meta has agreed to lease AI compute capacity from Australian neocloud Firmus across its upcoming Southeast Asian data centers. The deal expands an existing partnership under which Meta leases Nvidia GB300 NVL72 capacity at Firmus’ Melbourne facility. Firmus is developing AI factories with DayOne...
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September 14, 2026 Edged Energy
US data center operator Edged has completed the structural work on two facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The company announced that OMA01-1 and OMA01-2 have reached the topping-out stage. "Reaching this milestone reflects our continued commitment to investing in communities that are positioned...
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September 11, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW. The capacity will combine Microsoft-owned facilities with leased capacity from third-party providers, including neoclouds such as CoreWeave, Nscale, Lambda,...
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