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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Global Reach Ames Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Global Reach Internet Productions
- Address and locality
- 2321 North Loop Drive · Ames · Story County · Iowa · 50010
- Official metro area
- Ames, IA
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 16 September 2026
- Location precision
- exact (provider label)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000699
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Land area
- 14 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
What the source record says
Business Record records 14 acres, 48,000 sq ft (25,000 sq ft of additional capacity possible), in service since 2017, assessed valuation $7.3 million. Coordinates geocoded from the operator's published address to the OpenStreetMap building at 2321 North Loop Drive in the ISU Research Park. This is a small enterprise/hosting facility, not a hyperscale site.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-09-16 · source-reported operational
Operator lists a data center at its Ames headquarters in the Iowa State University Research Park; Business Record records the site as in service since 2017 with 48,000 sq ft.
Sources and attribution
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- Global Reach headquarters - Ames, Iowa · Global Reach Internet Productions
- Growth of data centers in Iowa · Business Record
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID global-reach-ames-ia. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000699
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- 2321 North Loop Drive, Ames, IA 50010 · Story County (Exact location)
Roles
- Operator: Global Reach Internet Productions
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-09-16 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 14 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-16
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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