Polk County, Iowa
Polk County, Iowa has 1.1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 27 records, against 1.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 340 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 14.1% of Iowa's data center MW.
Polk County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Polk County's own plants cover 99.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 340 MW.
Data centers by status
27 records, 1.1 GW
The data center pipeline
26 records list a year online or expected, from 2014 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 97 MW listed for 2026 and 13 MW for 2027. 1 record list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 42 |
| 2015 | 1 | 36 |
| 2016 | 2 | 35 |
| 2017 | 3 | 83 |
| 2018 | 2 | 35 |
| 2019 | 2 | 96 |
| 2020 | 4 | 131 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 48 |
| 2023 | 3 | 153 |
| 2024 | 2 | 58 |
| 2025 | 2 | 97 |
| 2026 | 2 | 97 |
| 2027 | 1 | 13 |
Who is building in Polk
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 5 of 5.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | 12 | 542 |
| Microsoft | 12 | 368 |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure | 1 | 150 |
| Edged | 1 | 13 |
| Cologix | 1 | 1 |
Power generation in the county
31 plants operate inside Polk County, 1.1 GW. The queue adds 340 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Polk County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 17 | 1,049.6 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 340 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 11 | 11.2 |
| Biomass | Operating | 2 | 2.8 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 170 |
| 2027 | 1 | 170 |
Polk County against its neighbors
Story County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1 GW, 93% of Polk County's. 2 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County this page | 27 | 340 | 1x | ||
| Story County | 1 | 400 | 2.3x | ||
| Warren County | 5 | 0 | 6.4x | ||
| Boone County | 0 | 225 | 0x | ||
| Marion County | 0 | 0 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
5 counties shownEvery record in Polk County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 60 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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