Data Center Registry
Aureon 616 Data Center
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Aureon 616 Data Center is an operating data center in Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County), operated by Aureon.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Aureon
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 616 10th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA, 50309
- Coordinates
- 41.5880, -93.6310
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- 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.
- September 4, 2026OperatingListed as an in-service colocation facility on the operator's own data center page. Source: Aureon
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 4, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aureon 616 Data Center in Des Moines, Polk 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.
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Power and water
Operator states the facility's operations are powered by 83.6% renewable energy.
Notes on the record
Carrier-neutral colocation facility in downtown Des Moines: 30,000 total sq ft with 10,000 sq ft of white space, 2N electrical distribution with concurrently maintainable components, backup generators carrying 32 hours of on-site fuel, FM-200 suppression, and a structure the operator says is built to withstand an F3 tornado. Aureon was formerly Iowa Network Services.
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
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves 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.
- 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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in 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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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.
- Oppidan Des Moines Data Center · Des Moines · Oppidanunder 1 mile · Operating · 5 MW
- Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft6 mi · Operating
- Microsoft Project Ginger East Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft7 mi · Under construction
- Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft8 mi · Under construction · Mixed reception
- Meta Altoona Data Center Campus · Altoona · Meta9 mi · Operating · 350 MW · Supported
- Tract Altoona Technology Park · Altoona · Tract9 mi · Permitted · 1 GW · Supported
- Tract Norwalk Data Center Park (Project West) · Norwalk · Tract9 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Microsoft Project Osmium Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft10 mi · Under construction
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Aureon 616 Data Center in Des Moines?
Nothing on record as of September 4, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aureon 616 Data Center in Des Moines, Polk 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 Aureon 616 Data Center?
No lawsuit over Aureon 616 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 Aureon 616 Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Aureon 616 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 Aureon 616 Data Center, and how big is it?
Aureon is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aureon 616 Data Center," updated September 4, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aureon-616-des-moines-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/aureon-616-des-moines-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.Aureon colocation data center solutions, 616 Data Center · Aureon · retrieved September 4, 2026
- 2.South Front Networks Points of Presence, IA-DSM616 (Aureon), 616 10th St, Des Moines IA 50309 · South Front Networks · retrieved September 4, 2026
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