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description: Is Council Bluffs a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict AVOID, score 31.9/100 (MISO), as of 2026-11-12. 1,110 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-08). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Council Bluffs data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Council Bluffs data center market

Power availability in Council Bluffs: DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 31.9 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 208 words · generated 2026-11-08 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Council Bluffs data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Council Bluffs market for a data center")`

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DCPI Score**31.9/100**

MW, all listings**1,110**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**AVOID**

## Council Bluffs at a glance

Council Bluffs has 850 MW operational and 60 MW under construction among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Google (910 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Operational | 850 |
| Under construction | 60 |
| Total listed | 910 |

## Developers building or planning in Council Bluffs

| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Google | 60 |  |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in Council Bluffs

DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.

The market shows moderate consolidation with two single-facility operators (GABLE CORP and STREAMLINE UTILITY HOLDINGS) alongside the dominant two. Structural work on a 200 MW campus reached topping-out phase recently, signaling active construction momentum in the region.

This combination suggests that new entrants or existing operators seeking incremental capacity should expect limited availability and potentially longer lead times for power commitments in Council Bluffs.

No recent deals are tracked in the registry, leaving operator acquisition and divestment dynamics opaque. The stability of the current operator footprint—Google and CyrusOne maintaining equal facility counts alongside two smaller single-asset operators—offers no clear signals regarding consolidation appetite, expansion timing, or third-party capital entry.

Power supply tightness should inform any build or expansion planning for Council Bluffs over the near term.

## Data centers in Council Bluffs

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Google Cloud us-central1 (Iowa)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/google-google-cloud-us-central1-iowa-abab4352) | Google | Operational | 500 |
| [Google Council Bluffs Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/google-google-council-bluffs-data-center-e6a28ba0) | Google | Operational | 350 |
| [Google Council Bluffs Building 5](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/google-google-council-bluffs-building-5-100c1666) | Google | Under Construction | 60 |
| [CyrusOne Council Bluffs IA](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cyrusone-cyrusone-council-bluffs-ia-20595673) | CyrusOne | Operational |  |
| [CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cyrusone-cyrusone-ocb1-council-bluffs-8d23ad56) | CyrusOne | Operational |  |
| [Google Council Bluffs Iowa](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/google-google-council-bluffs-iowa-4016dad9) | Google | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Iowa](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/iowa).

## More on Council Bluffs

- [Council Bluffs DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/council-bluffs)
- [Council Bluffs market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/council-bluffs/brief)
- [Iowa data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/iowa/brief)
- [Iowa data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/iowa/data-center-incentives)

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