Greenfield Datacenter Sites in Iowa
Iowa has 1,018 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.
1,018
Greenfield sites
67.0/100
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 | 68.2 |
| OZ Polk | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 68.1 |
| OZ Woodbury | Greenfield | Woodbury | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 68.0 |
| EC Coal Scott County | Greenfield | Scott County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.9 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.8 |
| OZ Black Hawk | Greenfield | Black Hawk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.7 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.6 |
| EC Coal Woodbury County | Greenfield | Woodbury County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.6 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.5 |
| EC Near Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant | Greenfield | Bremer | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.4 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.2 |
| EC Near Walter Scott Jr Energy Center | Greenfield | Pottawattamie | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.1 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.1 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 67.0 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.9 |
| EC Coal Pottawattamie County | Greenfield | Pottawattamie County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.8 |
| EC Near Iowa State University | Greenfield | Story | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.6 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.3 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.2 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.1 |
| EC Near George Neal North | Greenfield | Woodbury | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Metro Methane Recovery Facility | Greenfield | Polk | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
| EC Near Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant | Greenfield | Bremer | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
- How many greenfield datacenter sites are in Iowa?
- GridCensus catalogs 1,018 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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