LightEdge Ames Edge Colocation Data Center
LightEdge Solutions · Ames, IA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Aviation Way
- Coordinates
- 42.0308, -93.6319
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 25 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-21
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Ames City Council first reading on the proposal to lease city airport land to LightEdge; decision point scheduled for 2026-07-28.
Underlying source
Source notes
Proposed single-storey edge colocation facility on roughly 10.86 acres of Ames airport land on Aviation Way, in a Planned Industrial zone, adjacent to the Ames Regional Airport and the ISU Research Park. Phased electrical demand of 3 MW in phase one, 6 MW in phase two, and as much as 25 MW at full buildout over roughly ten years — reported locally as about a 15 percent increase in the city's total consumption. LightEdge explicitly rules out AI or hyperscale use: asked whether it would house AI servers, its proposal answers 'No. This is edge colocation.' No AI classification is therefore recorded. Reported at roughly 100,000 sq ft in local coverage, but the operator's own page does not state a square footage, so it is not recorded. Distinct site from the LightEdge Altoona facility, tracked separately as of August 2026.
Sources and provenance
- Ames Data Center Proposal — LightEdge edge colocation project page · source retrieved 2026-08-21
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.