campus · IA · last checked 12 September 2026

Willow Creek / Ginger East permit-defined group

Lifecycle label: operating; effective date not established Evidence: Unresolved Reuse: Reference only

Facts at a glance

Record ID: willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines
Record type: campus
Evidence confidence: medium
DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project
Developer: Not named in the cited records
Operator: Not named in the cited records
Owner: Owner of record not established
Tenant: Not named in the cited records
Capacity: Unknown No independently supported figure
Permit lists individual emergency engines; no campus generation total was reconstructed.
Location: 550 SE White Crane Road and 1475 SE Maffitt Lake Road, West Des Moines, IA
County: Polk County
Approximate location — Two named sites and addresses in one air permit; not a settled physical-facility count.

What the sources support

Iowa DNR issued Title V Operating Permit 24-TV-005 for an existing data-processing facility grouping two named data centers and two addresses.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

split into physical facilities
parcel crosswalk
owner
explicit operator
critical IT capacity
utility service capacity
opening dates

Sources

Iowa DNR Title V Operating Permit 24-TV-005 →Gov. recordpermit · published 9 December 2024 · retrieved 2026-09-12

Exact location Cover; p. 4 facility description; pp. 22-31 equipment tables

What it supports Names, addresses, permit identity and existing facility grouping.

Sourced classifications

Only values a cited source states for this site are shown; every other dimension is unknown. These are not national shares or rankings.

Power source: On-site generation (backup, diesel or renewable diesel) campus scope · official source · high confidence
“Generator Engines EU-1 through EU-86 are limited to burning a maximum of 265,723 gallons of diesel fuel” — Title V Operating Permit 24-TV-005 — Willow Creek / Ginger East Data Centers, PDF p.18, Plant-wide conditions, PM2.5 high-activity-day fuel limits (a); same page limits each engine to operate as an emergency stationary internal combustion engine; equipment list p.4, retrieved 24 September 2026
Not established: That the site runs on generator power; actual engine-hours; normal power supply or supplier; the permit also allows approved HVO fuel, so the exact fuel in use at any time is not established.

Connected records

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Metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA by the record’s county in the Census 2023 delineation

Record history

Record history · 9 December 2024 · DataCenterData review

willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines → Record

Why Iowa DNR issued operating permit 24-TV-005.

Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.

Recorded information

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Reviewed record `willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines`

Campus. Independently reviewed record. Values are shown with their recorded basis.

Location and precision

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Lifecycle

Recorded status: operating

Power capacity

Capacity — Not yet recorded here. Recorded reason: Permit lists individual emergency engines; no campus generation total was reconstructed.

Not yet recorded here: Roles · Area, acreage and buildings · Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.

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Facility evidence across sources

Identity

Facility ID: dcd-fac-002585 (public id fac-002585)
Unit: campus
Name source: Willow Creek / Ginger East permit-defined group · DataCenterData reviewed record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines
Evidence tier: single source registry

Other names

Ginger East registry alias · DataCenterData reviewed record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines
IA-C0002 registry identifier · DataCenterData reviewed record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines
Willow Creek registry alias · DataCenterData reviewed record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines

Status by layer

Layer	Value	Date	Source
Reviewed (DCD) · unresolved record	operating Status basis: Iowa DNR issued Title V Operating Permit 24-TV-005 for an existing data-processing facility grouping two named data centers and two addresses.	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-12	DataCenterData reviewed record `willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines`

Location

Street: 550 SE White Crane Road and 1475 SE Maffitt Lake Road
City: West Des Moines
County: Polk
State: IA
Metro (CBSA): Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 19780

Coordinates not published; precision is street-level.

Address as published by DataCenterData reviewed record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines.

Facts

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No quote-bound fact with a hashed capture is recorded for this facility.

Other values by layer

Field	Value	Layer and basis	Date	Source
classification.power source	onsite_generation	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed classification	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-24	DataCenterData reviewed record `willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines`

Sources for the reviewed record

These citations belong to the linked reviewed records. They do not establish every figure or present-day operating status. Publication and retrieval dates are shown separately; an unstated date remains unknown.

Iowa DNR Title V Operating Permit 24-TV-005 · record willow-creek-ginger-east-west-des-moines · published 2024-12-09 · retrieved 2026-09-12

Details still needed

32 fields in the shared profile are not established for this record. Each states why; missing information does not mean zero or absence.

Operator · not recorded for this field in the register
Postal code · not recorded for this field in the register
Coordinates · not recorded for this field in the register
Map location precision · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported status · not recorded for this field in the register
Operator-stated status · not recorded for this field in the register
Status in public records · not recorded for this field in the register
Critical IT capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Requested utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Reported total power (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Generation capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Company-announced design capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Data hall or IT floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Site area · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
UPS redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Backup generator redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Tier design rating · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling technology · not recorded for this field in the register
Opening year or expected opening year · not recorded for this field in the register
Network presence · not recorded for this field in the register
Service · not recorded for this field in the register
Certification or compliance claims · not recorded for this field in the register
Rack density · not recorded for this field in the register
Space or power availability · not recorded for this field in the register
Specifications and facility pages · not recorded for this field in the register
Business contact · not recorded for this field in the register
Public registration · not recorded for this field in the register
Fact supported by a source quotation · not recorded for this field in the register

Jurisdiction and policy actions

Policy actions are matched to this facility by jurisdiction (state, county, municipality or utility), never by the facility's name. A match means the action covers the place, not that it names or affects this facility.

4 state-level policy actions recorded for Iowa jurisdiction match on state IA

Updates, corrections and review

Last checked 2026-09-12

How often we re-check

We plan to re-check this facility every 180 days because it has a reviewed record. Next check due 2027-03-11. The last-checked date is the newest evidence date among this facility's sources. Dates are measured against the newest input date, 2026-10-18, not the day this page was built.