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Iowa

Wind turbines near Adair rise above harvested fields, forming part of Iowa’s extensive wind energy network. Council Bluffs hosts a major Google Data Center, leveraging local electricity and climate to operate thousands of servers critical to digital services.

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Photos from Iowa

Freight rail sidings in Mason City, Iowa, between hopper cars and boxcars.
Freight rail sidings in Mason City, Iowa, run between lines of hopper cars and boxcars used for bulk cargo transport. The tracks lie in the city’s industrial rail corridor, where freight rail supports grain and material shipments.
Freight cars on rail tracks in Mason City, Iowa.
Freight cars stand on rail tracks in Mason City, Iowa. The rail yard sits on the city’s industrial edge and connects local freight traffic to regional agricultural and manufacturing shipments.
Bear Creek near Roland, Iowa flows beside a gravel road under storm clouds.
Bear Creek near Roland, Iowa, flows through agricultural land beside a gravel road. The creek runs across a rural drainage corridor in central Iowa.
Adair Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa, with wind turbines over farm fields.
Adair Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa, spans agricultural land with multiple utility-scale wind turbines. The installation generates electricity from wind as part of Iowa’s large wind power network.
Wind turbines near Adair, Iowa, rise above harvested farm fields.
Wind turbines near Adair, Iowa, stand in harvested farm fields in west-central Iowa. The turbines are part of a wind farm that generates electricity from wind power.
Google Data Center facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with rooftop cooling equipment.
Google Data Center Facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is part of Google's server campus on the city's north side. Opened in 2007, it is one of the company's earliest large data centers and supports storage and processing for Google services.
Google data center campus in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with a large server building and cooling equipment.
Google’s data center campus in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is centered on a warehouse-scale server building with extensive cooling and electrical infrastructure. The facility is part of Google’s large operational footprint in Council Bluffs, developed beginning in the late 2000s. Data centers like this house the computing, storage, and networking systems behind Google’s online services and cloud operations.
Google data center facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with large rooftop cooling equipment.
Google’s data center facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is part of the company’s network for storing and processing digital information. The campus supports cloud services and other online products that rely on large-scale computing and cooling systems.

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