1 data center project in Clinton City
Who decides here: the City Council of Clinton City votes on zoning. The Clinton County may review big projects too.
In Clinton City
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Clinton is writing its first data center rules, covering water and power use, noise, lighting, setbacks and cleanup when a site closes. The plan commission suggested 1,500-foot setbacks; council members are still weighing distances. A public hearing and three readings are still to come.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Clinton's council voted 5-2 against a temporary pause on data centers that would have held up the proposed QTS campus while rules were written.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Clinton City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Clinton City: Eastern Iowa Light & Power Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or Interstate Power and Light Co. (company) or Wppi Energy (municipal mktg authority) or Midamerican Energy Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Iowa.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much power and water would the full campus use?
- What setback from homes will the final ordinance require?