Projects
QTS data center campus at Big Cedar Industrial Center (Cedar Rapids)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County
612 acres
🕒 Dec 2, 2025: City Council unanimously approved changes to the deal: up to seven phases, each at least…
Being builtGoogle data center at Big Cedar Industrial Center (Cedar Rapids)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County
for Google
🕒 May 30, 2025: Google announced $7 billion for Iowa over two years, including a new data center in Ceda…
Approved, not built yetOppidan data center at 1515 33rd Ave. SW (Cedar Rapids)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County
🕒 July 8, 2026: City confirmed a third data center is planned on the southwest side.
ProposedGoogle data center campus near Duane Arnold nuclear plant (Palo area)
Unincorporated Linn County, Linn County
545 acres · for Google
🕒 Aug 10, 2026: Linn County supervisors declined to allow large data centers next to nuclear plants duri…
ProposedAurum Capital Ventures data center (Central City)
Central City, Linn County
🕒 Sept 17, 2026: Central City council members said they support the proposed data center while they work …
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
📌 Other · Unincorporated Linn County
Supervisors decided not to change the county's EU-2 zoning district, which would have let big data centers locate near the Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Palo before the county's pause ends. A supervisor said there was not broad public support.
📜 Data center rules · Palo
Palo's council voted 4-1 on the final reading of Ordinance 93-2026. It creates a special zoning district (EU-1) for data centers, with setbacks, noise and traffic rules. It does not approve any project; Google is still looking at land near Palo. Most people at the meetings spoke against it.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Unincorporated Linn County
Supervisors voted 2-1 to stop taking new requests to rezone land into the county's data center district for 18 months, even though the county passed data center rules in February. Cities like Cedar Rapids and Palo are not covered.
📜 Data center rules · Unincorporated Linn County
Supervisors voted unanimously to make a new zoning district just for big data centers in the countryside. Builders must stay 1,000 feet from homes zoned residential, study their water use, sign a water deal with the county, limit noise and light, pay for road damage, and hold a public meeting first. It does not apply inside Cedar Rapids or other cities.
🤝 Agreement with the company · Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids's council unanimously changed its deal with QTS: up to seven phases, each with a building of at least 300,000 square feet and about $250 million. QTS pays $300,000 per phase into a community fund.
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