Story County, Iowa
Story County, Iowa has 1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 431.2 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 400 MW of planned generation across 2 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Story County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 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. Story County's own plants cover 43.1% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 400 MW.
Data centers by status
1 record, 1 GW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Story
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Tract | 1 | 1,000 |
Power generation in the county
33 plants operate inside Story County, 431.2 MW. The queue adds 400 MW across 2 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Story County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 3.4 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 400 |
| Wind | Operating | 9 | 172.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 7 | 153.6 |
| Oil | Operating | 15 | 101.7 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 200 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 1 | 200 |
Story County against its neighbors
Polk County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.1 GW, more than Story County. 4 of the 5 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 | 27 | 340 | 1x | ||
| Story County this page | 1 | 400 | 2.3x | ||
| Marshall County | 0 | 717 | 0x | ||
| Hamilton County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Boone County | 0 | 225 | 0x | ||
| Hardin County | 0 | 217 | 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.
6 counties shownEvery record in Story County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 36 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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