Is a Data Center Coming

Iowa

Data centers in Dallas County

We track 4 projects inside Dallas County and 10 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In Dallas County

Apple Apple
Operating MW not reported

An operating Apple data center site in Dallas County, IA, mapped in OpenStreetMap and the IM3 Open Source Data Center Atlas. About 314,000 square feet of building is mapped.

Microsoft Microsoft
Operating MW not reported

An operating Microsoft data center site in Dallas County, IA, mapped in OpenStreetMap and the IM3 Open Source Data Center Atlas. 4 buildings totaling about 430,000 square feet are mapped.

Microsoft Microsoft
Operating MW not reported

An operating Microsoft data center site in Dallas County, IA, mapped in OpenStreetMap and the IM3 Open Source Data Center Atlas. 4 buildings totaling about 1,002,000 square feet are mapped.

Operating MW not reported Waukee

Apple's first data center building on its 2,000 acre Waukee campus opened in 2024, seven years after the company first announced the 1.3 billion dollar project in 2017. The 400,000 square foot building runs on renewable energy and serves North American users of iCloud, Siri and the App Store. Apple has room to add up to five more buildings on the site, though no additional construction has been formally announced.

Within 25 miles of Dallas County

Aureon Operator not disclosed
13 mi EOperatingPolk County, IA

Power bills in Dallas County

Most of the county is served by MidAmerican Energy.

MidAmerican Energy is asking the commission for a 5.2% residential increase (MidAmerican Energy natural gas rate increase (docket RPU-2026-0001)). On a $58 monthly bill that is about $3 to $5 a month. This case does not set rates directly, but the new solar plant it approves will eventually be paid for through customer rates, and MidAmerican has said data center growth is a major reason it is needed.

MidAmerican Energy's proposal would raise a typical residential customer's monthly natural gas bill by about 2.89 dollars, roughly 5 percent, and a temporary interim rate increase subject to refund has been in effect since around July 17, 2026. The Iowa Utilities Commission held public consumer comment meetings on September 8 in Cedar Rapids, September 9 in Des Moines and virtually, and September 10 in Sioux City, all in 2026, where MidAmerican reiterated its request; no settlement or decision date has been reported, and the company's prior gas rate case took roughly nine months from filing to a final order.

Every Iowa rate case in dollars a month, with hearing dates: willmybillgoup.com, our rate case tracker.

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