Greenfield Datacenter Sites in Iowa
Iowa has 634 greenfield datacenter candidate sites. Undeveloped land with no prior industrial use. Greenfield parcels offer maximum design flexibility and large contiguous footprints, but typically require full utility build-out — the speed-to-power story hinges on proximity to existing transmission.
634
Greenfield sites
65.4/100
Avg score (top 25)
Iowa
State
Greenfield
Type
Top greenfield sites in Iowa
| Site | Type | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Near University of Iowa Main Power Plant | Greenfield | Johnson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| OZ Polk | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| OZ Woodbury | Greenfield | Woodbury | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| EC Coal Scott County | Greenfield | Scott County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.4 |
| OZ Black Hawk | Greenfield | Black Hawk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.2 |
| EC Coal Woodbury County | Greenfield | Woodbury County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.1 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
| EC Near Walter Scott Jr Energy Center | Greenfield | Pottawattamie | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.6 |
| EC Near Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant | Greenfield | Bremer | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.6 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.6 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.4 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.4 |
| EC Coal Pottawattamie County | Greenfield | Pottawattamie County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.3 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.3 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.0 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.8 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.6 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.4 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Near George Neal North | Greenfield | Woodbury | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Coal Linn County | Greenfield | Linn County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.2 |
- How many greenfield datacenter sites are in Iowa?
- GridCensus catalogs 634 greenfield datacenter candidate sites in Iowa.
- What is a greenfield datacenter site?
- Undeveloped land with no prior industrial use. Greenfield parcels offer maximum design flexibility and large contiguous footprints, but typically require full utility build-out — the speed-to-power story hinges on proximity to existing transmission.
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