Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines)
AI data center in West Des Moines, IA, United States: operational.
- Location: West Des Moines, IA, United States
- Developer: Microsoft
- Status: operational
Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines) is a AI data center project located in West Des Moines, IA, United States, currently operational. It is being built by Microsoft. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across IA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
The Register lists Project Mountain at 8855 Grand Ave. (Dallas County) as the first of Microsoft's West Des Moines data centers; Microsoft invested about $3.5 billion in the first three, beginning with Mountain. A February 2024 Register story says Microsoft has five data centers operating in West Des Moines.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines)?
- Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines) is an AI data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is operational.
- Where is Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines)?
- Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines) is in West Des Moines, Iowa. Every tracked Iowa campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/iowa.
- Who is building Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines)?
- Microsoft is developing Microsoft Project Mountain (West Des Moines).
Sources
- Microsoft wants to bring a sixth data center, called Ruthenium, to West Des Moines (news.yahoo.com · press · 2023-11-30)
- Des Moines Register (via AOL) (aol.com · press · 2023-11-30)