Bluebird Underground
85-ft-underground limestone-mine colocation in Springfield, MO — ~6 MW, natural free cooling, Uptime Tier III, 5 carriers.
Bluebird Network was formed by integrating Bluebird Media, Missouri Network Alliance and Illinois Network
Alliance.
In 2014, an underground data center was acquired creating the Bluebird Underground Data Center.
Bluebird's network has over 6000 fiber route miles of high-speed broadband and fiber optic connections.
85-ft-underground limestone-mine colocation in Springfield, MO — ~6 MW, natural free cooling, Uptime Tier III, 5 carriers.
October 16, 2026 Iowa
LightEdge plans to develop a colocation data center on ten acres in Boone Business Park, Iowa, about 48 miles northwest of Des Moines. The Boone County Economic Growth Corporation has signed a letter of intent for the land sale. The city’s planning commission has approved the site plan for...
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August 12, 2026 Missouri
Renewable energy company Beltline Energy has withdrawn its proposal to rezone a parcel of land in Pacific, Missouri, for a planned data center. Pacific Mayor Debbie Kelley confirmed the withdrawal in a statement posted on Friday, August 7, 2026. The application was submitted by BLE Landholdings,...
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July 07, 2026 Iowa
An unnamed company is planning a data center campus on a 46-acre site off Highway 61, south of Maquoketa in eastern Iowa, according to local media reports from WQAD News 8 and KWQC 6. Maquoketa, in eastern Iowa's Jackson County, is being considered for a small- to mid-sized data center campus on...
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June 30, 2026 Missouri
An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approval for a 130-acre development across sites at 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road. The City of St. Joseph...
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June 29, 2026 Iowa
A 900-acre data center campus could be developed in Salix, Iowa, as MidAmerican evaluates a recently annexed site for the project. In a June 8 letter to the Salix City Council, the energy company said the 900-acre parcel, bounded by Old Highway 75, 260th Street, and Charles Avenue, is being...
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June 15, 2026 Iowa
A 1.6MW data center in Ames, Iowa, has been put on the market for $4 million. The 15,510 sq ft (1,440 sqm) facility sits on a 63,655 sq ft (5,915 sqm) site at 1205 Buckeye Avenue and includes two data halls and two diesel generators. Built in 1990, the data center is owned by Employers Mutual...
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