# Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility > Proposed: a 25 MW data center in Story County, Iowa, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/lightedge-ames-aviation-way-edge-colocation-facility-ia-dc_5596a2a5e2df Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/lightedge-ames-aviation-way-edge-colocation-facility-ia-dc_5596a2a5e2df.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Lightedge has proposed a 25 MW data center in Story County, Iowa (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Lightedge (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 25 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 100,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Jun 18, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2036 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Ames (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Story (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Iowa (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Approximate: city centroid (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Server Country | Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility | Proposed | 25 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility? Lightedge is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2036. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Lightedge - Ames Aviation Way Edge Colocation Facility get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2036. - **Jun 18, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) ## Related records - [Applied Digital Adair County Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/applied-digital-adair-county-data-center-ia-dc_f3bc26bcdb69): Same state - [COPT Defense Properties - Van Meter Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/copt-defense-properties-van-meter-campus-ia-dc_4e0e6b017765): Same state - [COPT Defense Van Meter Data Center Shell Site](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/copt-defense-van-meter-data-center-shell-site-ia-dc_1e8cf4a162f2): Same state - [Cascade Industrial Park Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cascade-industrial-park-data-center-ia-dc_3569b947f7d9): Same state - [Cologix DSM3 Altoona](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cologix-dsm3-altoona-ia-dc_d800c2c6fdee): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0924 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/lightedge-ames-aviation-way-edge-colocation-facility-ia) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 94105462235871 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? Certify your approved invoices. Funders compete to fund them. Multiple offers. No notice of assignment. 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