Microsoft data center, West Des Moines
5855 Southwest Kerry Street · West Des Moines, Warren County, IA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Microsoft data center in Warren County, IA is a mapped facility, operated by Microsoft Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented 100 MW of reported power capacity and a 243,678 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkMicrosoft data center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMicrosoft Corporation
- Files asMicrosoft Corporation
- This facilityMicrosoft data center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.1%
- Coal28.2%
- Solar13.2%
- Imports10.6%
- Nuclear9.5%
- Other3.0%
- Wind1.4%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 8:25 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
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- Iowa has more than a dozen hyperscale data centers. See where.The Des Moines Register· Jul 14, 2026
- Big data center planned near Wichita FallsAOL.com· Jul 13, 2026
- Town Residents Sue Microsoft Over Data Center NoiseNewser· Jul 7, 2026
- What to know about about the biggest proposed data center in IowaThe Des Moines Register· Jun 23, 2026
- West Des Moines' 3 largest water usersAxios· May 7, 2026
- Wisconsin data center tax incentives spark debate over cost and regulationWPR· Apr 29, 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, Woodland Hills Elementary School in West Des Moines, is 4.4 mi from this site (537 students).
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.