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Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center is an operating data center in West Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County), operated by Microsoft.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- West Des Moines, Polk County, IA
- Coordinates
- 41.5144, -93.7083 (approximate)
- 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
- 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
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center in West 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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Notes on the record
Announced April 2014. 8-building campus on SE White Crane Rd / 3590 SE Soteria Ave, south of the Ginger East site. Distinct parcel/campus from all currently-tracked Microsoft IA records. Annual property tax ~$8.1M, $45M public infrastructure investment per WDM Chamber (not campus construction cost, other reporting citing ~$1.1B total investment was not independently fetched this session and is omitted).
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.
- Microsoft Project Ginger East Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft1 mi · Under construction
- Microsoft Project Osmium Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft4 mi · Under construction
- Tract Norwalk Data Center Park (Project West) · Norwalk · Tract4 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft5 mi · Under construction · Mixed reception
- Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft5 mi · Proposed
- Microsoft Project Mountain Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft6 mi · Operating
- Aureon 616 Data Center · Des Moines · Aureon6 mi · Operating
- Oppidan Des Moines Data Center · Des Moines · Oppidan7 mi · Operating · 5 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center in West Des Moines?
Nothing on record as of August 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center in West 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 Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 8, 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 Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Project Alluvion 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 Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center, and how big is it?
Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-alluvion-west-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/microsoft-alluvion-west-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.Microsoft Data Centers - West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce · West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce · retrieved August 8, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: SE White Crane Road · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved August 8, 2026
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