Data Center Registry
MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied)
Garner, Hancock County, Iowa
MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) is a proposed data center in Garner, Iowa (Hancock County), operated by MCNI. The public record puts it at 724 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- MCNI
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Garner, Hancock County, IA
- Coordinates
- 43.0981, -93.6042 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 724 acres
- 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
- Opposed
- 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.
- September 9, 2026ProposedHancock County Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to deny a rezoning request for the approximately 724-acre site in Concord Township near Garner; a company representative said MCNI would likely appeal to the county Board of Adjustment. Source: Mix 107.3 KIOW
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) in Garner, Hancock County, Iowa is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Sept.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
The Sept. 9, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting drew a standing-room-only crowd. Opposition speakers, including a former mayor, argued the county's focus should be job retention and expanding existing businesses rather than attracting a data center.
Notes on the record
Confirmed absence: no full legal operator name, project name, capacity, or investment figure was stated in the source found this run, MCNI is described only as 'a limited liability corporation.' This is a Planning & Zoning Commission-level denial recommendation, not yet a final county board action, and the company signaled an appeal to the county Board of Adjustment, status is kept 'proposed' rather than 'cancelled' pending that outcome, with the denial recorded in statusHistory and community instead. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of Garner, the nearest named place in sourcing, not the parcel itself.
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
- 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.
- 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 MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) in Garner?
Yes. Organized local opposition to MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) in Garner, Hancock County, Iowa is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Sept.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied)?
No lawsuit over MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) use?
No water withdrawal figure for MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) 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 MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied), and how big is it?
MCNI is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 724 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied)," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/mcni-concord-township-hancock-county-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/mcni-concord-township-hancock-county-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.Rezoning Change in Hancock County Denied · Mix 107.3 KIOW · retrieved September 10, 2026
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