Facebook Altoona Data Center 1
Polk County, Iowa
Building outline
Recorded as in service.
Status inferred from osm footprint (Sep 8, 2026). No filing states it in as many words.
- Status
- Operating (inferred)
- Owner
- Likely Meta
- Capacity
- 36 MW directory claim
- Location known to
- Building outline
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Electric utility
- Not identified
- Grid operator
- not stated
Location and nearby
Facebook Altoona Data Center 1 is on record as operating in Polk County, Iowa. A directory lists its capacity at 36 MW; no filing we hold states a figure. 35 other campuses are on record within 25 miles, 8 of them within 5 miles. The nearest is 0.26 mi away.
Nearest of each kind: Operating 0.26 mi Under construction 2.5 mi Permitted 1.9 mi Proposed 2.9 mi
Nearest campuses on record
- 0.26 mi
Facebook Altoona Data Center 4
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 0.83 mi
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 1.9 mi approximate
Permitted · Polk County, IA
- 2.3 mi approximate
Operating · Polk County, IA
- 2.5 mi approximate
Under construction · Polk County, IA
- 2.9 mi approximate
Proposed · Polk County, IA
What is on record
Owner
Likely Meta
One circumstantial signal, not a document chain.
What the signal was
-
OSM operator tag
Meta
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 · Mar 29, 2022
Filed by: Meta
- Capacity
- 36 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 Altoona Data Center 2 · Facebook Altoona Data Center 3 · Facebook USA, Inc. · Meta · Meta Altoona - Building 2 · Meta Altoona - Building 3 and 1 more
Buildings and phases
3 distinct buildings, parcels or permits make up this campus.
| Name or address | Status | Permit | Area | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 1 | Operating | not stated | not stated | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 2 | Operating | not stated | not stated | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Facebook Altoona Data Center 3 | Operating | not stated | not stated | Mar 19, 2025 |
How the status changed
- Operating Mar 29, 2022 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Apr 26, 2022 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Mar 19, 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)
About this data
Evidence
Map footprint and directories
An OpenStreetMap footprint plus one or more directories. No filing behind it.
Location known to
Building outline
A mapped building outline.
Independent sources
2
directory, osm footprint. Directories count once between them, because they copy each other.
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Where this comes from
6 source records back this page. Each row is a document we retrieved and kept, so a claim can be checked against the original.
| Document | Role | Row | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/438078069 | Mar 29, 2022 stated in the file |
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/438078070 | Apr 26, 2022 stated in the file |
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/556564909 | Mar 19, 2025 stated in the file |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=3016 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=3017 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| dce tracker export (© DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.) US | Primary | slug=facebook-altoona-data-center-2-osmway-438078070 | Jun 14, 2026 last changed on the server |
Cleanview (cleanview.co) © DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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