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Read 46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, 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.

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46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, Iowa

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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Read Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, 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An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn.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 approv...

Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, Missouri

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An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn.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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Read 900-Acre Data Center Proposed for Salix, 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 s...

900-Acre Data Center Proposed for Salix, Iowa

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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Read Iowa Data Center with 1.6MW Capacity Hits Market for $4M
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 d...

Iowa Data Center with 1.6MW Capacity Hits Market for $4M

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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Read 340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis
340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis

340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis

June 02, 2026 Missouri

A 340,000-square-foot (31,587 sqm) property combining data center and office space has been listed for sale in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Situated at 1831 Chestnut Condominium, the six-story building occupies a 4.24-acre site and includes approximately 53,000 square feet (4,923 sqm) dedicated...

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Read TierPoint to expand data center footprint in St. Louis, Missouri
TierPoint to expand data center footprint in St. Louis, Missouri

TierPoint to expand data center footprint in St. Louis, Missouri

August 16, 2024 Missouri

US operator TierPoint this week announced that it has acquired a building in downtown St. Louis which it plans to retrofit into an enterprise-grade data center. ver the next year, the first phase of investment will build out 22,600 square feet of data center production space and 5MW of utility...

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Read Data Center sold in West Des Moines, Iowa
Data Center sold in West Des Moines, Iowa

Data Center sold in West Des Moines, Iowa

January 04, 2024 Iowa

Wells Fargo recently sold 7001 Westown Parkway and 1725 68th Street, which had been listed on its site for a combined $16.5 million, to commercial and residential brokerage WB Realty Co. A JLL sales brochure described the property as offering 36,230 square meters of office space, along with an...

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Read Bluebird secures $285 million five-year credit facility
Bluebird secures $285 million five-year credit facility

Bluebird secures $285 million five-year credit facility

December 27, 2023 Bluebird Network

Bluebird Network has announced it has secured a $285 million five-year credit facility which will be used to refinance its existing debt and will fund ongoing capital expenditures, including network upgrades, expansion into new markets, and an awarded Middle Mile grant build. The company added...

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Read Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease
Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease

Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease

June 01, 2023 Missouri

Data center space is available for lease at the Globe Building carrier hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The fourth floor of the structure at 710 North Tucker Blvd. has 28,700 square feet of floor space available, of which 16,000 square feet is built-out data center space, according to a listing by...

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Read Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center
Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center

Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center

October 26, 2021 Missouri

Ameren's new data center, fuelled by one of its coal-fired power plants in Missouri, has come under the microscope, garnering concerns from those in the local community and beyond. While the company says that the $1 million facility will help to stabilize demand for electricity, critics aren't so...

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Read Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa
Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa

Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa

January 05, 2021 Bluebird Quad Cities

Bluebird Press Release on January 5, 2021 COLUMBIA, MO – Bluebird Network – a communications infrastructure provider and data center operator – is excited to announce that effective December 31, 2020, it acquired the ColoHub Data Center—previously owned by Geneseo Communications—located in...

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Read MVP Closes Sale of Bluebird Network to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (PR)
MVP Closes Sale of Bluebird Network to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (PR)

MVP Closes Sale of Bluebird Network to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (PR)

September 03, 2019 Bluebird Network

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI — Bluebird Network, LLC (“Bluebird”), a Midwest telecommunications company, is excited to announce the close of its acquisition by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP), one of the largest infrastructure funds in the world. Through this acquisition, Bluebird will increase...

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