Aureon West Des Moines is a data center operated by Aureon Network Services in West Des Moines, IA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the West Des Moines data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 13.4-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for West Des Moines — the market this facility sits in.
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West Des Moines operates as a micro-market with 11 tracked facilities delivering 3 MW of capacity, dominated by four unnamed operators controlling the largest share alongside Microsoft's 2 MW footprint. Aureon Network Services operates a single facility in the market. The extreme fragmentation—four different operators managing just 11 sites—suggests either early-stage market development or persistent barriers to consolidation. No recent M&A activity has been tracked, indicating either limited deal velocity or market participants holding positions through secular growth expectations rather than arbitrage-driven exits. The DCPI composite verdict of AVOID carries material weight for acquisition-focused investors. The excess-power score of 48/100 signals moderate power availability relative to regional supply chains, but the constraint score of 43/100 reveals the real bottleneck:…
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