FACILITY PROFILE · IA

Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center

Microsoft · West Des Moines · IA

PROJECT FACTS

Facility overview

Under Construction

Operator: Microsoft
Location: West Des Moines, Polk, IA
Operating power capacity: Not publicly reported
Planned power capacity: Not publicly reported
AI classification: Likely
Source confidence: Reported
Reported energy source: grid
Reported utility: MidAmerican Energy
Cooling system: hybrid
Location accuracy: exact
Original announcement: 2021
Source record updated: 2026-09-16

Operating MW and planned MW are separate disclosures, not automatically additive. Blank values mean no established source figure; they do not mean zero. Geolocation may be approximate or represent multiple sites.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION

Original source links

Ginger West datacenter construction update — Microsoft Local ↗2026-07-06

Microsoft Project Ginger West data center in West Des Moines gets planning approval ↗2026-07-06

Microsoft's next data center buildings to use 'zero-water' technology ↗2026-07-07

Microsoft built 5 data center campuses in this Iowa city. Here's what Wisconsin can expect. ↗2026-07-07

HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) ↗2026-07-23

Construction Underway on 4 New Microsoft Data Centers ↗2026-08-21

Growth of data centers in Iowa ↗2026-09-16

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