Data Center Registry

Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison)

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

ProposedNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated October 28, 2026

Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) is a proposed data center in Fort Madison, Iowa (Lee County), operated by Octopus Investments, LLC.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Octopus Investments, LLC
Facility type: Data center, AI use likely
Location: Fort Madison, Lee County, IA
Coordinates: 40.6300, -91.3100 (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

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.

July 28, 2026
Proposed
The developer's letter describes a proposed AI data center on the east side of Fort Madison where Hwy 61 descends into the city. A supervisor said no project plan has been submitted to the county. Source: Pen City Current

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 28, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) in Fort Madison, Lee 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

Property is mostly in unincorporated Lee County, which has a data center moratorium. The Fort Madison Planning and Zoning Commission took no action. The operator name comes from the third-party tracker; the local article names only the individual developer. The point is the town center.

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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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) in Fort Madison?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison)?

No lawsuit over Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) 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 Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison) 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 Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison), and how big is it?

Octopus Investments, LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Fort Madison)," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/octopus-investments-fort-madison-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/octopus-investments-fort-madison-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.Spillover crowd talks to panel on data center project · Pen City Current · retrieved October 28, 2026
2.Burlington Hill AI Data Center (Octopus Investments) tracker listing · More Than Just Parks · retrieved October 28, 2026

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