Microsoft Project Ginger West Data Center

Facility record

Lifecycle

Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

11100 Booneville Road

Coordinates

41.551, -93.782

Serving utility, source-reported

MidAmerican Energy

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-30

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

1. 2021Proposed

   West Des Moines approved first two buildings of Ginger West; construction start targeted September 2021

   Underlying source
2. 2021Under construction

   Construction underway; first building came online 2023 (244,676 sq ft); additional phases ongoing targeting summer 2028 completion

   Underlying source

Source notes

Site at 11100 Booneville Rd area, West Des Moines (Polk County). 1.8M sq ft planned across multiple buildings. Turner Construction is general contractor; completion estimated summer 2028. Companion Ginger East campus (124 acres, 5 buildings) is a separate site in West Des Moines. Part of Microsoft's multi-billion dollar total Iowa investment since 2009. Planned MW capacity not confirmed from primary sources; 444 MW figure removed as unsupported. Iowa's Sec. 423.3(95) data-center sales-tax exemption applies, but Iowa data-center incentive awards are not publicly disclosed; no Ginger West-specific job count is published.

Iowa wind and renewables; Microsoft contracts 100% carbon-free electricity for Iowa operations

Sources and provenance

• Ginger West datacenter construction update — Microsoft Local · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Microsoft Project Ginger West data center in West Des Moines gets planning approval · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Microsoft's next data center buildings to use 'zero-water' technology · source retrieved 2026-07-07
• Microsoft built 5 data center campuses in this Iowa city. Here's what Wisconsin can expect. · source retrieved 2026-07-07
• HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
• Construction Underway on 4 New Microsoft Data Centers · source retrieved 2026-08-21
• Growth of data centers in Iowa · source retrieved 2026-09-16

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.