<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=31oANJ_1D7hlBxO00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=31oANJ_1D7hlBxO00" width="986" height="555" ><p>CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — Another data center project is starting in Cedar Rapids, but on a smaller scale that two others already under construction.</p><p>A new building permit granted by the city on June 22 shows "CLOP Cedar Rapids LLC" will own the 98,000 square-foot facility at 1515 33rd Avenue SW, an area just north of Highway 30 and west of I-380. CLOP is a branch of Oppidan, a Minnesota-based property development firm that built a similar project in Des Moines that opened in 2024. Permit data also shows the project's valuation is around $101.5 million, making it far smaller that the ones from QTS ($1.75 billion) and Google ($576 million) at the Big Cedar Industrial Center.</p><p>Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell tells Iowa's News Now that the new project has "zero city incentives" included and is being built at a site already zoned for industrial projects. The Linn County Board of Supervisors passed an 18-month moratorium on new data center projects in unincorporated parts of the county in late June. O'Donnell also compares the project to existing data centers in Hiawatha and Marion.</p><p>While the building permit expires in March 2028, the mayor couldn't confirm when the project could be completed.</p></div></body>

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — Another data center project is starting in Cedar Rapids, but on a smaller scale that two others already under construction. A new building permit granted by the city on June 22 shows "CLOP Cedar Rapids LLC" will own the 98,000 square-foot facility at 1515 33rd Avenue SW, an area just north of Highway 30 and west of I-380. CLOP is a branch of Oppidan, a Minnesota-based property development firm that built a similar project in Des Moines that opened in 2024. Permit data also shows the project's valuation is around $101.5 million, making it far smaller that the ones from QTS ($1.75 billion) and Google ($576 million) at the Big Cedar Industrial Center.

Building permits filed for third data center project in Cedar Rapids

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA'S NEWS NOW) — Another data center project is starting in Cedar Rapids, but on a smaller scale that two others already under constr

Building permits filed for third data center project in Cedar Rapids

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