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Meta Altoona Data Center

Polk County, Iowa

Operating · first reported Apr 2014

~8.7mifrom the boundary ofNeal Smith National Wildlife Refuge · location held to about a kilometer, so the distance is approximate
  • FootprintLarge, capacity not disclosedNo figure published for this site. Meta Platforms's 7 disclosed U.S. sites in this record run 1000 MW at the median.
  • Grid regionMISO

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