Microsoft is a data center in West Des Moines, IA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 50.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the West Des Moines data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.0-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 West Des Moines — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on West Des Moines — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
West Des Moines remains a nascent, underdeveloped market with minimal operational infrastructure and constrained growth potential. The region currently tracks 11 facilities but has zero operational megawatts, indicating that tracked properties are either in early development, non-operational, or representing future pipeline rather than deployed capacity. Four operators are unidentified, while Microsoft and Aureon Network Services each operate single facilities—a fragmentation pattern typical of immature markets. The absence of recent M&A activity underscores limited investor interest and deal flow in the market. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous: an excess-power score of 44/100 combined with a constraint rating of 41/100 signals structural headwinds on both fronts. The excess-power component reflects insufficient available capacity relative to demand drivers, while the constraint…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Microsoft 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 11 operating generating units totalling 1,312 MW within about 50 km of West Des Moines, 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 West Des Moines tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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