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DIGTB / Compass Mining
Pioneer IA5 Site (DIGTB) Altoona
Polk County, Iowa
Operating
- Capacity
- 5 MWreported
- To protected land
- 8.5mifrom Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Not shown on the map. Telco closets, state and university systems, edge nodes. Mostly long-standing infrastructure. It stays in the tracker so you can find it, but it isn’t counted with the buildout.
- Capacity5 MWreported: “Compass Mining has announced the energization of a new 4.5MW site in Iowa. Dubbed ‘Pioneer IA5’, the site is being developed in partnership with DIGTB”
- FootprintSmall and edge
The source
“Compass Mining has announced the energization of a new 4.5MW site in Iowa. Dubbed ‘Pioneer IA5’, the site is being developed in partnership with DIGTB”Data Center Dynamics
Source-checked, read back against the document on Sep 10, 2026.
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