Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That

Inside Climate News · By Anika Jane Beamer · last updated July 28, 2025 – 1:03 AM

The state with the highest wind power share in the nation has attracted more than $17 billion in capital investments from cloud computing companies. Experts say rising energy costs could slow that growth.

By Anika Jane Beamer

A line of gnarled elm trees separates Willow Creek Street in West Des Moines from a quintessentially Iowan corn field, deep green at the height of mid-summer.

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