Pottawattamie County, Iowa
DataCentersExposed tracks 4 AI data centers in Pottawattamie County, Iowa — 0 operating and 0 in the pipeline, drawing 284 MW of reported power demand, led by Alphabet Inc.. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Pottawattamie County, Iowa has 4 tracked data centers. Its composite data-center risk score is 17 out of 100 — see the breakdown above for which factors drive it.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 30
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Pottawattamie County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 284 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Alphabet Inc. has the largest presence in Pottawattamie County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | 284 | |
| CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs Council Bluffs | CyrusOne LLC | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Gable CORP COUNCIL BLUFFS | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the Pottawattamie County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.