Meta data center, Altoona, IA
Polk County, Iowa
Building outline
Recorded as in service.
Status inferred from osm footprint (Sep 9, 2026). No filing states it in as many words.
- Status
- Operating (inferred)
- Owner
- Meta
- Capacity
- 48 MW directory claim
- Location known to
- Building outline
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Electric utility
- Not identified
- Grid operator
- not stated
Location and nearby
Meta data center, Altoona, IA is on record as operating in Polk County, Iowa. A directory lists its capacity at 48 MW; no filing we hold states a figure. 35 other campuses are on record within 25 miles, 7 of them within 5 miles. The nearest is 0.64 mi away.
Nearest of each kind: Operating 0.64 mi Under construction 3.0 mi Permitted 2.7 mi Proposed 3.4 mi
Nearest campuses on record
- 0.64 mi
Facebook Altoona Data Center 4
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 0.83 mi
Facebook Altoona Data Center 1
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 2.3 mi approximate
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 2.7 mi approximate
Permitted · Polk County, IA
- 2.8 mi
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 3.0 mi approximate
Under construction · Polk County, IA
What is on record
Owner
Meta Confirmed
The chain
-
meta first-party locations page lists this site
Meta
Meta US data center locations page (first party, city-level) · Sep 9, 2026
Filed by: Meta
- Capacity
- 48 MW as reported by cleanview, not from a filing
- Diesel generators
- No air permit found in the records we collect
- Water
- Not collected. State water withdrawal permits are not in this build.
- Electric utility
- More than one utility serves this county, and no filing we hold names which one
- Also recorded as
- Facebook USA, Inc. · Meta · Meta Altoona - Building 10 · Meta Altoona - Building 11 · Meta Altoona - Building 12 · Meta Altoona - Building 8 and 2 more
Buildings and phases
2 distinct buildings, parcels or permits make up this campus.
| Name or address | Status | Permit | Area | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Operating | not stated | not stated | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Meta | Operating | not stated | not stated | Nov 27, 2025 |
How the status changed
- Operating Feb 21, 2024 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Nov 27, 2025 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Jun 14, 2026 inferred
DCE status 'mapped' (located only, single source)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 9, 2026 inferred
Meta locations page card; city-level
Meta US data center locations page (first party, city-level)
About this data
Evidence
Primary record
A government filing, a federal permit, an assessor parcel or the operator’s own page.
Location known to
Building outline
A mapped building outline.
Independent sources
3
directory, first party, osm footprint. Directories count once between them, because they copy each other.
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Where this comes from
9 source records back this page. Each row is a document we retrieved and kept, so a claim can be checked against the original.
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