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PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site)

Galva, Ida County County, Iowa · All 2 PathOne Data Centers sites

ProposedContestedRecord updated September 16, 2026

PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) is a proposed data center in Galva, Iowa (Ida County County), operated by PathOne Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced August 11, 2026. 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: Galva, Ida County County, IA
Coordinates: 42.5069, -95.4172 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: August 11, 2026
Utility: Not established from a public source
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 11, 2026
Proposed
PathOne presented early plans for a small-scale data center to the Ida County Board of Supervisors, naming two industrial-zoned candidate sites, the shuttered Quad County ethanol plant near Galva and a site near Arthur. No site has been selected and no application has been filed. Source: KTIV

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) in Galva, Ida County County, Iowa is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Ida County enacted a data center moratorium effective June 30, 2026.

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.

Ida County enacted a data center moratorium effective June 30, 2026. Residents packed informational meetings in Ida Grove and Arthur in August 2026 with questions on noise, electricity use, fire suppression and property taxes; PathOne is forming a community advisory council and has urged the county to write strong rules first.

Source: KTIV

Power and water

Company described a closed-loop water system using 350,000-700,000 gallons annually (35,000-70,000 gallons per MW per year), with water not returning to the local ecosystem.

Notes on the record

PathOne described a 10-25 MW facility of about 40,000 sq ft on 5-25 acres costing $100-150 million; because those are ranges rather than single figures, capacityMw, landAcres and investmentUsd are deliberately left unset. This record is placed at the Galva option (the shuttered Quad County ethanol plant, which PathOne named specifically); the alternative site near Arthur is about 20 km south and no selection has been made. Distinct from the tracked PathOne Sioux County (Hull) site.

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
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area
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.
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.
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 PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) in Galva?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site)?

No lawsuit over PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) appears in the record we track as of September 16, 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 Ida County Data Center (Galva site) use?

No water withdrawal figure for PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site) 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 Ida County Data Center (Galva site), and how big is it?

PathOne Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 2 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, "PathOne Ida County Data Center (Galva site)," updated September 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/pathone-ida-county-galva-ia.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/pathone-ida-county-galva-ia, retrieved October 1, 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.Ida County data center proposal: Path One presents plans, urges strong county rules · KTIV · retrieved September 16, 2026
2.Arthur residents question PathOne's data center plans · KTIV · retrieved September 16, 2026
3.Iowa communities grapple with regulating data centers as development spreads · Business Record · retrieved September 16, 2026

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