IP Pathways DSM1 is a data center operated by IP Pathways, LLC in Urbandale, IA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Des Moines data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.8-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 Des Moines — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Des Moines — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Des Moines operates as a mid-sized regional hub with modest hyperscale presence but deteriorating investment fundamentals. The market comprises 46 tracked facilities totaling 823 MW across a fragmented operator base dominated by unknown operators 9 facilities and Meta 7 facilities, with Microsoft 3, Cologix 2, and others holding smaller positions. This concentration reveals a market still seeking anchor tenants and institutional capital, despite Iowa's broader emergence as a data center corridor with over a dozen hyperscale sites statewide. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material consequences for potential entrants. An excess-power score of 43/100 coupled with identical constraint scoring of 43/100 signals structural undersupply in both capacity and network connectivity—a damning dual constraint that distinguishes Des Moines from mature markets. For operators, this means marginal…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around IP Pathways DSM1 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 28 operating generating units totalling 1,816 MW within about 50 km of Urbandale, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Urbandale tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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