Microsoft Project Mountain Data Center
Operating · Microsoft · 8855 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA
Microsoft's Project Mountain is its first data center campus in West Des Moines, Iowa, at 8855 Grand Ave. Announced in 2008 and started in 2010, it opened in 2012, according to Microsoft. A $677.6 million expansion announced in 2013 carried up to $20 million in state tax credits. The Business Record lists the campus at 41 acres and 487,927 sq ft. Iowa DNR tracks it as a minor air source under the name Microsoft DM1-4 Data Center.
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Overview
- Campus power
- Not disclosed
- No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
- Status
- Operating
- Operating campus
- IT floor area
- Not disclosed
- Campus
- Compute profile
- Hyperscale · Cloud
- Project scope
- Announced in August 2008 and delayed, construction began in June 2010; a $677.6 million expansion announced in 2013 was scheduled to finish by the end of 2015.
Power and grid
Facility and development
- Construction
- Announced in August 2008 and delayed, construction began in June 2010; a $677.6 million expansion announced in 2013 was scheduled to finish by the end of 2015.
- Facility class
- Hyperscale · Cloud
- Air permits
- Iowa DNR minor air source program (facility 312531347)
- Tax abatements
- Up to $20 million in Iowa tax credits for the 2013 expansion, including a $15 million sales and use tax refund and a $5 million investment tax credit