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Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center

Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa · All 4 Edged Energy sites

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated August 21, 2026

Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center is a data center under construction in Ankeny, Iowa (Polk County), operated by Edged Energy. The public record puts it at announced May 6, 2025, 13.2 MW planned, 17.5 acres.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Edged Energy
Facility type
Data center
Location
Ankeny, Polk County, IA
Coordinates
41.7297, -93.6058 (approximate)
Power capacity
13.2 MW planned
Land
17.5 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
May 6, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
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

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center in Ankeny, 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

Closed-loop, air-based ThermalWorks waterless cooling; Edged projects it will save more than 52 million gallons of water annually versus a similar-sized conventional data center. Supports up to 70 kW/rack air-cooled, 200 kW/rack with plug-and-play liquid integration.

Notes on the record

AI-focused colocation developer (not a Big-5 hyperscaler) building a waterless-cooled, high-density facility at 9100 SE Four Mile Drive, Ankeny (address confirmed via secondary aggregators; coordinates are city-level, not parcel-geocoded, mark approximate). Design PUE 1.15 portfolio-wide; ThermalWorks closed-loop cooling claims >52M gal/yr water savings vs conventional. Third-party trade press (Site Selection Magazine, via search only, not independently fetched) cited a $187M investment and a 105,000 sq ft building; not included here since I couldn't confirm those two figures on a page I fetched myself. Also be aware: a 2024 DCD article (403'd on fetch, so NOT used as a source) described a much larger 'I-80 Commerce Center' two-building proposal (~535K + ~775K sq ft) at what looks like the same general site/intersection under 'Commerce Center LLC', possibly an earlier or future-phase master plan for the same park. Could not verify, so this record covers ONLY the confirmed Edged 13.2MW project. Worth a follow-up pass to see if the 13.2MW figure has grown, since news headlines referenced the building having since 'topped out.'

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.
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.

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 Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center in Ankeny?

Nothing on record as of August 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center in Ankeny, 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 Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center?

No lawsuit over Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 21, 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 Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center, and how big is it?

Edged Energy is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 13.2 MW. The site is recorded at 17.5 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Edged Ankeny (Des Moines) Data Center," updated August 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/edged-energy-ankeny-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/edged-energy-ankeny-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.Edged Breaks Ground on Data Center in Des Moines, Iowa Optimized for Next-Generation AI Training and Inference · Edged Energy · retrieved August 8, 2026
  2. 2.Edged Brings Ultra-Efficient, AI-Ready Data Center with Advanced Waterless Cooling to Des Moines, Iowa · Edged · retrieved August 21, 2026

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