Osmium Data Center
5855 SW KERRY STREET · WEST DES MOINES, Madison County County, IA
Source: Primary source
Osmium Data Center is a mapped data center in Madison County County, IA. DataCentersExposed has documented 1 tracked EPA enforcement record at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkNo description yet.
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- 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.
In the news
source: Google News- Statewide: As data center pushback grows, governments consider regulationsNPR Illinois· Jun 11, 2026
- West Des Moines' 3 largest water usersAxios· May 7, 2026
- Wisconsin data center tax incentives spark debate over cost and regulationWPR· Apr 29, 2026
- West Des Moines data center program gives free tuition to learn new careerAxios· Mar 26, 2026
- City council in Norwalk, Iowa, approves potential data center development agreement despite public concernsData Center Dynamics· Mar 16, 2026
- Norwalk could approve $12 billion data center development next weekWHO13.com· Feb 26, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHO- Clean Air Actno penaltyformal · reported 2026-02-13
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceIA00091-09-005NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: Violation w/in 1 Year
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe nearest public school, Woodland Hills Elementary School in West Des Moines, is 4.6 mi from this site (537 students).
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.