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Applied Digital Adair County Data Center
Adair, Adair County, Iowa · All 7 Applied Digital sites
Applied Digital Adair County Data Center is a proposed data center in Adair, Iowa (Adair County), operated by Applied Digital. The public record puts it at 200 MW planned. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Applied Digital
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Adair, Adair County, IA
- Coordinates
- 41.5006, -94.6435 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 200 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
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.
- April 10, 2024ProposedAdair County supervisors discussed the proposed data center and set a public hearing on a setback ordinance; construction had been proposed for summer or fall 2024. Source: Western Iowa Today (KSOM/KS 95.7)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Applied Digital Adair County Data Center in Adair, Adair County, Iowa is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. At the April 2024 supervisors meeting one resident objected to living beside a 70-foot concrete wall, and Supervisor Jodie Hoadley raised loss of productive farmland and said project officials 'could not answer what was in it for Adair County.' The board determined zoning involvement was needed before the project could proceed and set a public hearing on a setback ordinance for April 24, 2024.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
At the April 2024 supervisors meeting one resident objected to living beside a 70-foot concrete wall, and Supervisor Jodie Hoadley raised loss of productive farmland and said project officials 'could not answer what was in it for Adair County.' The board determined zoning involvement was needed before the project could proceed and set a public hearing on a setback ordinance for April 24, 2024.
Notes on the record
Proposed southeast of Adair adjacent to a NextEra Energy substation. Local reporting put projected employment at 40-70 full-time positions with 50-200 construction workers; those are ranges and are not recorded as a jobs figure. The most recent primary reporting located this session dates to April 2024, and Adair County put its large-scale building ordinance on hold the following month, so the project's current standing is uncertain, confidence is 'reported' and the 200 MW figure comes from a third-party project tracker, not from the developer.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Applied Digital Adair County Data Center in Adair?
Yes. Applied Digital Adair County Data Center in Adair, Adair County, Iowa is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. At the April 2024 supervisors meeting one resident objected to living beside a 70-foot concrete wall, and Supervisor Jodie Hoadley raised loss of productive farmland and said project officials 'could not answer what was in it for Adair County.' The board determined zoning involvement was needed before the project could proceed and set a public hearing on a setback ordinance for April 24, 2024.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Applied Digital Adair County Data Center?
No lawsuit over Applied Digital Adair County Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 4, 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 Applied Digital Adair County Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Applied Digital Adair County 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 Applied Digital Adair County Data Center, and how big is it?
Applied Digital is the operator on record. We hold 7 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 200 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Applied Digital Adair County Data Center," updated September 4, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/applied-digital-adair-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/applied-digital-adair-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.Adair County Supervisors Discuss Proposed Data Center and Set Public Hearing on an Ordinance Creating Setbacks · Western Iowa Today (KSOM/KS 95.7) · retrieved September 4, 2026
- 2.Data Centers in Iowa, Project List & Locations (Applied Digital Adair, Adair County, 200 MW, planned) · Cleanview · retrieved September 4, 2026
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