ANKENY, IA (March 4, 2025) – Edged, the fast-growing sustainable infrastructure provider, announced today a new state-of-the-art sustainable data center in Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines and up-and-coming tech hub. Known as Edged Des Moines, the facility will be built for high-density AI workloads and equipped with advanced waterless cooling and ultra-efficient energy systems. Edged Des Moines joins a significant list of large-scale data centers operating or under construction across North America.
Located on SE 90th Street in the far southeast corner of Ankeny, the 17.5-acre site will house an approximately 105,000 square foot facility with office space and utility infrastructure. The data center will deliver 13.2 MW of critical capacity, conserve local water resources and minimize energy use.
Edged facilities are designed to provide an industry-leading average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 portfolio-wide. At a time of growing water scarcity when America’s groundwater is rapidly disappearing, Edged Des Moines is expected to save more than 52 million gallons of water each year compared to conventional data centers.
“Everything we do at Edged is designed to maximize sustainability, and our data centers’ optimization of energy efficiency and water conservation are a big part of that vision,” said Bryant Farland, Chief Executive Officer for Edged. “We are honored to be partnering with the City of Ankeny who shares our vision of a more sustainable future. Together, we are leveraging advanced technology for positive impact.”
Edged will break ground on the project in Q2 of 2025, and construction is slated to last 24 months. The company has committed to investing $187 million in the project and creating long-term, high-quality tech jobs. Edged will lease server hall space in the facility to technology company clients and will be required to extend water and sewer to serve the site. These utility extensions will also serve an additional 120 acres in the immediate area, opening up more land for new development.
“The City of Ankeny couldn’t be more thrilled to have Edged building a new state-of-the-art facility in Ankeny,” said Derek Lord, Economic Development Director for the City of Ankeny. “The greater Des Moines area has become a destination for tech innovation, and with this new Edged facility, our region continues to attract significant investment in this space and is viewed as an ideal location for critical tech development and sustainable infrastructure.”
Edged Des Moines will be outfitted with the ThermalWorks waterless cooling system, designed to support the intense demands of generative AI and advanced computing. The modular system supports densities of up to 70 kW per rack with air cooling and 200 kW per rack with plug-and-play liquid cooling integration. Unlike other waterless cooling solutions, this advanced technology is ultra-efficient, which helps Edged dramatically reduce energy overhead by 74% compared with the global average PUE of 1.58 reported by the Uptime Institute.
Edged Des Moines will join a growing network of Edged facilities currently under construction or operational across the U.S., including in Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Columbus and Phoenix. Edged is a subsidiary of Endeavour with a gigawatt-scale project pipeline. Several more U.S. sites are expected to break ground in major urban markets later this year.
About Edged
Edged Data Centers builds and operates ultra-efficient, AI-ready facilities for major hyperscale cloud companies, technology providers and large enterprises. Optimized for high-performance compute workloads and inference at the edge, its data centers feature waterless cooling and an average design PUE of 1.15 portfolio wide, saving energy and millions of gallons of water annually. Strategically located across major U.S. markets, Edged drives sustainable development with scalable, eco-friendly infrastructure. With a gigawatt-scale platform expanding across North America, the company continues to grow to meet the evolving demand of its customers.
For more information, visit www.edged.us
About Endeavour
Endeavour is an innovation platform that builds sustainable infrastructure companies to make clean water and renewable energy affordable and accessible to all. For more information, visit www.endeavourii.com
