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Plain writing for Iowa landowners about what two decades of these facilities has actually meant here, how the wind build changed which ground is connectable, and what to do when an approach arrives.
Iowa restricts which corporations and limited liability companies may acquire agricultural land, and it is one of the strictest such laws in the country. It is a real question to put to anybody making you an offer.
2026-09-08
Linn, Dubuque, Woodbury and Sioux counties have each paused data center applications, and Linn wrote one of the strictest local ordinances in the country. In Iowa the county, not the state, decides what happens to your land.
2026-08-22
Iowa has hosted data centers since the late 2000s, concentrated around Council Bluffs and Des Moines. What is different now is that the search has moved into ordinary farm country, and the local argument has moved with it.
2026-08-19
Tell us about your property. There is no cost and no obligation. If it does not fit, we will tell you plainly.
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Thank you. We will review the property and come back to you with a plain answer either way, including if it does not fit.