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Aureon

616 10th Street · Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Aureon is an operating data center in Polk County, IA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 11,253 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Footprint
11,253 sq ft
Utility
Midamerican Energy Co
Grid
MISO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
Status · click to filter

Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: MISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
54%
Fossil right now
42%
Grid operator
MISO
  • Wind21.6%
  • Natural Gas21.4%
  • Coal20.5%
  • Solar18.4%
  • Nuclear14.1%
  • Imports2.2%
  • Other1.8%

Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

  • Reported withdrawal12.9K gpd
    2021 · matched by location (670 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal11.2K gpd
    2020 · matched by location (670 m, low confidence) · source

Location-matched records come from state withdrawal reporting, which redacts owner names in the public release. A nearby withdrawal point is circumstantial evidence — the distance and confidence shown are part of the claim.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
58
PM2.5
Moderate
33
O3
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Des Moines), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$56.8K
People of color
30%
Below poverty
20%
Tract population
6,450

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Walnut Street School in Des Moines, is 0.2 mi from this site (269 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.