Azure Central US Iowa is a data center operated by Microsoft in Des Moines, 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 18.7-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 market with 38 tracked facilities totaling 832 MW, but faces acute infrastructure constraints that warrant caution from acquisition-focused investors. The market is heavily fragmented, with no single operator controlling more than 7 facilities—Meta leads with 7 sites, followed by an unnamed operator with 6, and Microsoft with 3, while 9 facilities remain under unknown ownership. This operator fragmentation, combined with zero recent M&A activity, suggests limited momentum for consolidation or institutional capital deployment. The DCPI composite verdict of AVOID reflects genuine structural risk rather than cyclical headwinds. The excess-power score of 43/100 signals that available electrical supply relative to current utilization is below optimal levels, constraining expansion capacity. More critically, the constraint score of 47/100 indicates…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Des Moines tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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