Google Cloud us-central1 (Iowa) is a data center operated by Google in Council Bluffs, IA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 500.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Council Bluffs data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 19.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Council Bluffs — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Council Bluffs — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Council Bluffs hosts 910 MW across 14 tracked facilities, but the DCPI verdict of CAUTION reflects a market caught between moderate power availability and significant infrastructure constraints. The excess-power score of 50/100 indicates a balanced supply position—neither a surplus nor a shortage—while the constraint score of 44/100 signals real friction in expansion and operational scaling. Google dominates operator concentration with six facilities, followed by CyrusOne with four locations three under CyrusOne and one under CYRUSONE LLC, creating a duopoly that controls the majority of the market's deployed capacity. For acquisition-focused investors, the CAUTION verdict carries actionable implications: the combination of moderate excess power and mid-range constraints means that additional capacity exists, but deploying it faces headwinds. Unlike markets with acute constraint scores…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Council Bluffs tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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