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Apple Waukee Data Center

Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa · All 5 Apple sites

OperatingNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 14, 2026

Apple Waukee Data Center is an operating data center in Waukee, Iowa (Dallas County), operated by Apple. The public record puts it at announced 2017, 2,000 acres, a reported $1.3 billion investment.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Operating

Operator
Apple
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Waukee, Dallas County, IA
Coordinates
41.6194, -93.9258 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
2,000 acres
Investment
$1.3 billion
Announced
2017
Utility
MidAmerican Energy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
50 permanent
Public subsidy
State and local tax incentives for the Waukee data center campus, $208 million, Iowa (state and City of Waukee), 2017
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. 2024
    Operating
    First building operational October 2024 (announced 2017 by Tim Cook); $1.3B, 2,000 acres. Source: AppleInsider

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Apple Waukee Data Center in Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Apple's 2017 announcement and subsequent coverage describe only a general intent to 'work with local partners to invest in renewable energy projects from wind and other sources' in Iowa, and MidAmerican Energy building a substation to serve the campus.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
State and local tax incentives for the Waukee data center campus$208 millionIowa (state and City of Waukee)2017

Notes on the record

Apple data center near the intersection of Hickman Rd and S Avenue, Waukee, Dallas County, announced by Tim Cook in 2017; first building became operational in October 2024 on a 2,000-acre site, a $1.3B investment (AppleInsider). Apple's Feb 2025 newsroom names Iowa among states for continued data-center capacity expansion. No site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. Coordinates are an approximate geocode; a county-parcel pass could upgrade precision to exact.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Apple Waukee Data Center in Waukee?

Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Apple Waukee Data Center in Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Apple Waukee Data Center?

No lawsuit over Apple Waukee Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 14, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Apple Waukee Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Apple Waukee Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Apple Waukee Data Center, and how big is it?

Apple is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 2000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Apple Waukee Data Center," updated August 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/apple-waukee-ia.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/apple-waukee-ia, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Seven years on, Iowa's Apple data center finally opens, $1.3B, 2,000 acres, first building operational Oct 2024, announced 2017 · AppleInsider · retrieved July 19, 2026
  2. 2.Apple $500B U.S. investment release, names Iowa among states for continued data-center capacity expansion · Apple Newsroom · retrieved July 19, 2026
  3. 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  4. 4.Apple's next US data center will be built in Iowa (Apple Newsroom) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  5. 5.Apple Files Plans for Long-Delayed Data Center Campus in Iowa (Data Center Frontier) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  6. 6.Apple's next US data center will be built in Iowa · Apple Newsroom · retrieved August 14, 2026
  7. 7.IA to give Apple $208M in tax breaks for $1.3B data center · Construction Dive · retrieved August 14, 2026

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