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Apple Files Plans for Long-Delayed Data Center Campus in Iowa

By Rich Miller - February 8, 2022

An illustration of the future Apple data center in Waukee, Iowa. (Image: Apple)

Apple hopes to build up to 2 million square feet of data center space at its future campus in Waukee, Iowa. The company has filed site plans for the project, which was announced in 2017.

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Google Has Invested $5 Billion in its Iowa Data Centers

By Rich Miller - February 7, 2022

A herd of deer outside the equipment yard of the Google data center campus in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Photo: Google)

Google has completed the latest phase of construction at its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, bringing its total investment in its Iowa campus to $5 billion. The milestone is the latest sign of the extraordinary growth of the data center industry in Iowa,

Tagged With: Economic Development, Google, Iowa

Meta Adds More Data Centers in Iowa, Pushing Campus to 5 Million SF

By Rich Miller - December 15, 2021

The Facebook data center campus in Altoona, Iowa. (Photo: Facebook)

Altoona, Iowa will become Meta’s largest cloud campus with the addition of two new data centers. The new capacity will boost the Altoona campus to more than 5 million square feet of data center space,

Tagged With: Facebook, Iowa, Meta

Iowa Cloud Cluster Grows With Facebook Altoona Data Center Expansion

By Rich Miller - May 26, 2021

Rows of blue-lit server cabinets inside one of Facebook's data centers in Altoona, Iowa. (Photo: Facebook)

Facebook will build two more data centers at its campus in Iowa, which will now feature 4.1 million square feet of space. The new construction adds to the massive cloud computing cluster in Iowa.

Tagged With: Facebook, Iowa

Microsoft Plans Azure Cloud Expansions in Iowa, Virginia and Phoenix

By Rich Miller - October 12, 2020

Microsoft continues to expand its global data center infrastructure, buying land to add massive amounts of server capacity in key North American cloud hubs in Iowa, Northern Virginia and Phoenix.

Tagged With: Goodyear, Iowa, Microsoft, Northern Virginia, Phoenix, Prince William County, Water

As Iowa Leads, Midwest Plays Growing Role in Cloud Geography

By Rich Miller - August 30, 2017

An illustration of Apple's planned $1.3 billion data center campus in Waukee, Iowa. (Image: Apple)

The center of the country is proving to be the ideal place to add data center capacity. Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are investing $11 billion in cloud campuses across Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Apple, Facebook, Google, Hyperscale, Iowa, Microsoft, Nebraska, Ohio

Cloud Central: Iowa’s Data Center Cluster Keeps Growing

By Rich Miller - July 26, 2016

Rows of blue-lit server cabinets inside one of Facebook's data centers in Altoona, Iowa. (Photo: Facebook)

Microsoft, Google and Facebook are accelerating their data center expansion in Iowa. The three companies are investing nearly $7 billion in their cloud campuses in the state.

Tagged With: Facebook, Google, Iowa, Microsoft

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