Data Center Registry
Oppidan Des Moines Data Center
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa · All 2 Oppidan sites
Oppidan Des Moines Data Center is an operating data center in Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County), operated by Oppidan. The public record puts it at 5 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Oppidan
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Des Moines, Polk County, IA
- Coordinates
- 41.5868, -93.6250 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 5 MW operating
- 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
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- May 2024OperatingConstruction completed May 2024 per the general contractor's project page. Source: The Weitz Company
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Oppidan Des Moines Data Center in 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
60,000 sq ft, 5 MW LEED-certified data center delivered design-build by The Weitz Company for developer Oppidan. Construction started summer 2023 and completed May 2024. Oppidan's first data center in Iowa, and the model for its larger Cedar Rapids project. A street address (5900 Thornton Ave) appears in third-party listings but could not be confirmed on a page fetched this session, so it is not recorded here.
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.
- 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
- 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.
- Aureon 616 Data Center · Des Moines · Aureonunder 1 mile · Operating
- Microsoft Project Alluvion Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft7 mi · Operating
- Microsoft Project Ginger East Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft7 mi · Under construction
- Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft8 mi · Under construction · Mixed reception
- Meta Altoona Data Center Campus · Altoona · Meta9 mi · Operating · 350 MW · Supported
- Tract Altoona Technology Park · Altoona · Tract9 mi · Permitted · 1 GW · Supported
- Tract Norwalk Data Center Park (Project West) · Norwalk · Tract9 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Microsoft Project Osmium Data Center · West Des Moines · Microsoft10 mi · Under construction
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Oppidan Des Moines Data Center in Des Moines?
Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Oppidan Des Moines Data Center in 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 Oppidan Des Moines Data Center?
No lawsuit over Oppidan Des Moines Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 14, 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 Oppidan Des Moines Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Oppidan Des Moines 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 Oppidan Des Moines Data Center, and how big is it?
Oppidan is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 5 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Oppidan Des Moines Data Center," updated August 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/oppidan-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/oppidan-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.Oppidan Data Center, project page (general contractor) · The Weitz Company · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 2.Another data center is in the works for Cedar Rapids (reports Oppidan's completed 60,000 sq ft / 5 MW Des Moines data center) · The Gazette · retrieved August 14, 2026
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