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Microsoft

Microsoft North Des Moines

Polk County, Iowa

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~21mifrom the boundary ofNeal Smith National Wildlife Refuge · location held to about a kilometer, so the distance is approximate
  • FootprintCampus scaleIn the pipeline with no published figure. Microsoft's 9 disclosed U.S. sites in this record run 200 MW at the median.
  • Grid regionMISO

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