State profile
Data centers & battery storage in Iowa
10 tracked projects · 1,709 MW · 5 data centers, 5 battery (BESS) sites
Below is every data center and battery energy storage (BESS) project we track in Iowa, ranked by capacity. Battery projects are sourced from the federal EIA-860M inventory; data centers are hand-curated with a public source on each entry. See the methodology for details.
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All Iowa projects
| Project | Operator | Type | Location | Capacity | Status | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Council Bluffs | Data center | Council Bluffs | 600 MW | Operating | 2009 | source ↗ | |
| Microsoft West Des Moines | Microsoft | Data center | West Des Moines | 600 MW | Operating | 2014 | source ↗ |
| Apple Waukee | Apple | Data center | Waukee | 400 MW | Planned | 2027 | source ↗ |
| Wever Solar (150MW) | Interstate Power and Light Co | BESS | Lee | 99 MW | Operating | 2026 | source ↗ |
| Deer Run Battery | Interstate Power and Light Co | BESS | Linn | 5 MW | Operating | 2023 | source ↗ |
| Decorah Battery | Interstate Power and Light Co | BESS | Winneshiek | 2 MW | Operating | 2021 | source ↗ |
| Hampton Substation Energy Storage | Corn Belt Power Coop | BESS | Franklin | 2 MW | Operating | 2022 | source ↗ |
| Knoxville Battery Energy Storage | MidAmerican Energy Co | BESS | Marion | 1 MW | Operating | 2018 | source ↗ |
| Google Cedar Rapids | Data center | Cedar Rapids | — | Planned | — | source ↗ | |
| Meta Altoona | Meta | Data center | Altoona | — | Operating | — | source ↗ |