Connect Des Moines
Des Moines, IA
Source: Primary source
Connect Des Moines is a mapped data center in IA.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkConnect Des Moines, LLC — colocation facility (10 networks present). Source: PeeringDB.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Should Ames welcome a data center? Hundreds say noKCCI· Jun 19, 2026
- Clinton eyes Iowa's largest data center — but wants an ordinance firstDaily Nonpareil· Jun 19, 2026
- Ames weighs data center proposal. How much energy will it use?The Ames Tribune· Jun 17, 2026
- Supervisors to vote on data center moratorium in Lee CountyDaily Gate City· Jun 15, 2026
- Statewide: As data center pushback grows, governments consider regulationsNPR Illinois· Jun 11, 2026
- Google funds Iowa water projects amid data center criticismsThe Des Moines Register· Jun 3, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Walnut Street School in Des Moines, is 924 ft from this site (269 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.