Data centers and new power in Pottawattamie County, IA
200 MW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Pottawattamie County, IA — 1 active requests. Typical wait: 4.1 years. 0 projects are built, 5 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
How far is it from your house?
Google Council Bluffs (East), run by Google, is in Pottawattamie County and uses about as much electricity as 190,000 homes.
25 public schools are within 5 miles of it, 1 within one mile. Counted from the facility, not from any home. School list: US Department of Education.
What is happening with electricity in Pottawattamie County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Pottawattamie County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Pottawattamie County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
6 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still waiting | 1 | 200 MW | 16.7% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 1.2 GW | 83.3% |
| Paused | 0 | — | 0.0% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
| Type | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 1 | 200 MW |
Key dates for projects here
1 dated · next closes 2027-09-10 (MISO)
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISO | MISO DPP-2026 Definitive Planning Phase application deadline Attachment X of the tariff and BPM-015. | 2027-09-10 | confirmed source |
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 6 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pony Creek-Rolling Hills Wind 345kV | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Overland Trail - Fallow Avenue 345 kV | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| ROLLING HILLS - PONY CREEK 345.0kV | Wind | 235 MW | withdrawn | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Council Bluffs - Fallow Avenue 345 kV Line Tap | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Overland - J1859 POI 345kV Line Tap | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Council Bluffs - Fallow Avenue 345kV Line Tap | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
How Pottawattamie County compares
#919 in the US · #13 in IA
Pottawattamie County ranks #919 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #13 of 21 in Iowa.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Linn County | 10 | 2.3 GW |
| Cerro Gordo County | 5 | 1.4 GW |
| Washington County | 3 | 1.1 GW |
| Marshall County | 4 | 717 MW |
| Clinton County | 3 | 610 MW |
| Franklin County | 3 | 560 MW |
| Story County | 3 | 550 MW |
| Webster County | 2 | 470 MW |
Common questions about power in Pottawattamie County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Pottawattamie County, IA?
The median wait for a project still in the interconnection queue in Pottawattamie County is 4.1 years. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 0 projects in Pottawattamie County have reached energization and 5 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Pottawattamie County, IA?
200 MW is currently requested across 1 active interconnection requests, and 0 MW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Pottawattamie County, IA a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our Iowa policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Pottawattamie County — MISO — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Pottawattamie County
The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.
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