Data Center Registry

MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied)

Garner, Hancock County, Iowa

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 28, 2026

MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) is a cancelled 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

Cancelled

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.

October 28, 2026
Cancelled
The application to rezone 724 acres in Concord Township for a possible data center was withdrawn. The withdrawal was announced at the Hancock County Board of Supervisors meeting, citing a letter from the landowner. Source: KIOW
September 9, 2026
Proposed
Hancock 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.

Source: Mix 107.3 KIOW

Notes on the record

The cited source states no full legal operator name, project name, capacity, or investment figure. 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. The status is kept as proposed rather than cancelled pending that outcome, with the denial recorded in the status history and community response 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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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied) in Garner?

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 October 28, 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 October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/mcni-concord-township-hancock-county-ia.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/mcni-concord-township-hancock-county-ia, retrieved October 29, 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
2.Data Center Rezoning Pulled in Hancock County · KIOW · retrieved October 28, 2026

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