Data Center Registry
South Front Networks IA-Waterloo
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa · All 3 South Front Networks sites
South Front Networks IA-Waterloo is an operating data center in Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County), operated by South Front Networks.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- South Front Networks
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 206 W 13th Street, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA, 50702
- Coordinates
- 42.4888, -92.3306 (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.
- November 26, 2019OperatingDate the PeeringDB facility record was created; not a confirmed opening date Source: PeeringDB
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of October 29, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over South Front Networks IA-Waterloo in Waterloo, Black Hawk 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
Interconnection point listed on South Front Networks' PoP page with QCIX and US Internet exchanges.
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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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.
- Wahawk Power Data Center · Waterloo · Wahawk Power, LLC5 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) · Cedar Falls · Simple Mining7 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
- Heartland Technology Data Center (HTDC) · Jesup · Heartland Technology (JDC Data LLC)14 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the South Front Networks IA-Waterloo data center in Waterloo?
Nothing on record as of October 29, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over South Front Networks IA-Waterloo in Waterloo, Black Hawk 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 South Front Networks IA-Waterloo data center?
No lawsuit over South Front Networks IA-Waterloo appears in the record we track as of October 29, 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 South Front Networks IA-Waterloo use?
No water withdrawal figure for South Front Networks IA-Waterloo 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 South Front Networks IA-Waterloo, and how big is it?
South Front Networks is the operator on record. We hold 3 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, "South Front Networks IA-Waterloo," updated October 29, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/south-front-networks-waterloo-ia.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.35.1 (November 2, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/south-front-networks-waterloo-ia, retrieved November 5, 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.PeeringDB facility record: SFN IA-Waterloo · PeeringDB · retrieved October 29, 2026
- 2.South Front Networks points of presence · South Front Networks · retrieved October 29, 2026
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