COPT Van Meter Gigawatt Campus
Van Meter, Dallas County, IA
COPT Van Meter Gigawatt Campus is an announced data center project in Van Meter, IA, backed by COPT Defense Properties. The project is sized at 1,000 MW. 15 buildings / ~3.3M sqft on 365 acres of former farmland; built for an existing Fortune 100 cloud tenant; two substations planned. Reported 2025. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] COPT Defense Properties announced acquisition of 365-acre Van Meter site in September 2024 for gigawatt-scale data center campus; confirmed in earnings presentation and multiple credible sources including DCD, company statements, and SEC filings. Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/copt-plans-1gw-data-center-campus-outside-des-moines-iowa/.
- 1,000 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced September 2024
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
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Iowa state legislation
- QTS Cedar Rapids I Data Center Campus – Development Agreement (with Amended Agreement, Assignment of Obligations, and Recording Memoranda)City-developer development agreement (with amendments and assignment) governing TIF, infrastructure and obligations for the QTS Cedar Rapids I data center campus.Download
- HB897 - Sales/use tax exemption for data centers (clean energy)Delays effective date of retail sales/use tax exemption for data centers and adds clean energy requirements.Download
- SB4016 - Comprehensive hyperscale data center environmental/water/energy regulationEstablishes comprehensive environmental, water, and energy regulations for hyperscale data centers, including cumulative impact assessments and Water Impact Permits.Download
- Amendments to Chapter 107 of the Unified Development Code (Ordinance PA26-0001)Linn County, Iowa unified development code amendments regulating data centers, approved February 18, 2026.Download
- SSB3181 - A bill for an act making certain sales and use tax exemptions relating to nuclear electric generation facilities, web search portal businesses, and data center businesses contingent upon making contributions to institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.(See SF 2498.)Description comingDownload
- HF2447 - A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2690.)Description comingDownload
- HF2690 - A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.)Description comingDownload
- HF2001 - A bill for an act relating to water efficiency of data centers, including requirements for water-efficient cooling technologies and encouragement for the use of nonpotable and recycled water sources, providing civil penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions.Description comingDownload
- HF2198 - A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of tax incentives provided to web search portal businesses and data center businesses, and including effective date provisions.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- COPT Defense Properties
- County
- Dallas County, IA
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Address
- Van Meter, IA
- Stage
- Announced
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