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Microsoft North Des Moines

Polk County, Iowa

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Capacity
Campus scalecapacity isn’t in the public record
To protected land
~21miabout, from Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
  • 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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