2025’s highest valued building projects

The Business Record highlighted the highest-valued building projects in Greater Des Moines for 2025, including a significant data center development. A $41.4 million building permit was issued to Edged Des Moines LLC for the construction of a new 105,000-square-foot multi-tenant data center at 2701 SE 90th St. in Ankeny. This project is notable as it represents Edged's first data center facility in Iowa, with the company building these facilities for third-party users. The permit for this substantial development was issued on May 2, 2025.