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PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull)

Hull, Sioux County, Iowa · All 2 PathOne Data Centers sites

ProposedContestedRecord updated October 28, 2026

PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) is a proposed data center in Hull, Iowa (Sioux County), operated by PathOne Data Centers. The public record puts it at 25 MW planned. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: PathOne Data Centers
Facility type: Data center
Location: 3071 330th Street, Hull, Sioux County, IA
Coordinates: 43.1888, -96.1333 (approximate)
Power capacity: 25 MW planned
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: North West Rural Electric Cooperative
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
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: Contested
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.

August 12, 2026
Proposed
Public meeting on PathOne's proposal; Sioux County's one-year moratorium on unincorporated-area data centers remains in effect and no county approval has been granted. Source: KTIV

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) in Hull, Sioux County, Iowa is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Sioux County has a one-year moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas, effective 2026-06-16, and no formal county approval has been granted.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Sioux County has a one-year moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas, effective 2026-06-16, and no formal county approval has been granted. At a public meeting residents sought specific enforceable commitments rather than estimates, and raised water supply impact on nearby wells, low-frequency noise effects on people and livestock, construction duration and evening work schedules, and accountability under future ownership. PathOne says it will pay full property taxes without requesting abatement, and projects 10 to 20 permanent full-time positions plus temporary construction jobs.

Source: KTIV

Power and water

Closed-loop cooling with recirculated water-and-glycol fluid rather than continuous consumption. PathOne estimates 350,000 to 700,000 gallons annually for a 10 MW facility and 875,000 to 1.7 million gallons per year at 25 MW. Residents pressed for enforceable commitments rather than estimates, and raised the impact on nearby wells.

Notes on the record

Proposed redevelopment of the former Bison Renewable Energy property at 3071 330th Street near Hull, south of the Highway 18 and 75 intersection (Perkins Corner). Built in 10 MW blocks: an initial 10 MW facility in roughly 40,000 sq ft, with PathOne asking Sioux County to cap any project at the site at no more than 25 MW. A fully developed site would occupy fewer than 30 acres. Estimated investment is a range of $100 million to $375 million, so no single investment figure is recorded. No tenant has been identified. Permanent jobs are given as a 10-20 range and are therefore recorded in prose rather than as a jobs count.

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.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area

Which document closes each gap

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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) in Hull?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull)?

No lawsuit over PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) 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 PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) use?

No water withdrawal figure for PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull), and how big is it?

PathOne Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 25 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "PathOne Sioux County Data Center (Hull)," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/pathone-hull-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/pathone-hull-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.Residents seek more details on potential Sioux County data center · KTIV · retrieved August 14, 2026

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