COPT Defense Van Meter Data Center Shell Site
COPT Defense Properties has proposed a 1000 MW data center in Madison County, Iowa (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1000 MW
- Investment
- $32M
- Site
- 365 acres
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other COPT Defense Properties builds
Operator
COPT Defense Properties
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~2 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2024-09.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- COPT Defense Properties
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- Enterprise
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1000 MW
- Reported investment
- $32M
- Site area
- 365 acres
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2024-09
Site
- City
- Van Meter
- County
- Madison
- State
- Iowa
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | COPT Defense Van Meter Data Center Shell Site | Proposed | 1000 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 8, 2026 · Record: copt-defense-properties-van-meter-ia
- CACOPT Defense Properties (investor relations) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 8, 2026
- CABaxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 8, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 33590748472050
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “COPT Defense Van Meter Data Center Shell Site”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/copt-defense-van-meter-data-center-shell-site-ia-dc_1e8cf4a162f2, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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