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Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center

West Des Moines, Madison County, Iowa · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated August 8, 2026

Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center is a proposed data center in West Des Moines, Iowa (Madison County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at 132 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Microsoft
Facility type
Data center
Location
West Des Moines, Madison County, IA
Coordinates
41.4999, -93.8098 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
132 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
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 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center in West Des Moines, Madison 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Notes on the record

Planned 6th Microsoft hyperscale campus in the WDM area - along Veterans Parkway at Woodland Ave, 'just west of Osmium.' Would be Microsoft's first Madison County site (4th distinct county for Microsoft in the WDM area, after Polk/Dallas/Warren). Widely-reported $210M phase-1 investment / 113 MW / 245,000 sq ft first building figures (businessrecord.com, AOL/Yahoo condensed versions) could NOT be independently confirmed via direct fetch this session (businessrecord.com and DCD both 403'd repeatedly), omitted per source-integrity rule rather than included on trust.

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
  • 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.
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 Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center in West Des Moines?

Nothing on record as of August 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center in West Des Moines, Madison 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 Ruthenium Data Center?

No lawsuit over Microsoft Project Ruthenium 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 Ruthenium Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Project Ruthenium 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 Ruthenium 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. The site is recorded at 132 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Project Ruthenium Data Center," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-ruthenium-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-ruthenium-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. 1.Microsoft Ruthenium Data Center - Go West Des Moines · Go West Des Moines (city economic development) · retrieved August 8, 2026
  2. 2.Microsoft wants to bring a sixth data center, called Ruthenium, to West Des Moines · Yahoo News (via Des Moines Register) · retrieved August 8, 2026
  3. 3.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: Woodland Avenue, Madison County · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved August 8, 2026

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