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Gazette: Google Will Spend Another $1B on Council Bluffs Data Center, $1.3M for River Restoration
July 3, 2024Google will invest another $1 billion in a Council Bluffs data center and $1.3 million on water quality projects in the Missouri [...]
Des Moines Register: Google Announces $1 Billion Investment in Iowa Data Centers, $1.3 Million in Water Quality
July 3, 2024Google announced its plans to invest $1 billion into its Iowa facilities. It also announced it will contribute $1.3 million towards water [...]
KMTV: Google Announces Additional $1 Billion Investment in Council Bluffs Data Center
July 2, 2024On Tuesday afternoon Google announced plans to invest another $1 billion in its data center in Council Bluffs. The tech company also [...]
KJAN: Google to Invest $1 Billion in Iowa This Year
July 2, 2024Today, Google announced plans to invest $1 billion in Iowa this year at an event at the company’s Council Bluffs data center [...]
KETV Omaha: Google Announces Expansion of Council Bluffs Data Center Campus
July 2, 2024The company is investing $1 billion into two new buildings. It will make the Council Bluffs location one of the largest data [...]
RELEASE: MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund Grant Awarded to City of Johnston
June 20, 2024DES MOINES, IA (June 20, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded its $125,000 spring [...]
From Deadly Dams to Revitalized Recreation: Iowa Initiatives Transform Waterways
June 10, 2024This content was originally published on the website of Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance, a partner of the Great Outdoors Foundation. To [...]
Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit: Creative Conservation
May 2, 2024On Thursday, May 2, Great Outdoors Foundation CEO, Hannah Inman, had the opportunity to give a short talk on Creative Conservation at [...]
Impact-Driven Conservation Investment
April 18, 2024There has never been a better time to invest in water quality solutions than right now. As top executives look to strengthen [...]
MidAmerican Energy Company Regional Fund Grantee Profile: City of West Des Moines
March 28, 2024On February 1, the Great Outdoors Foundation announced that the City of West Des Moines was selected as its newest grantee of [...]
The Business Case for Conservation
February 15, 2024Milton Friedman’s declaration that, “The social responsibility of business is to increase profits” influenced corporate leadership for generations. In a free market [...]
Business Record: West Des Moines Receives MidAmerican Grant to Establish ICON Site at Raccoon River
February 8, 2024West Des Moines receives MidAmerican grant to establish ICON site at Raccoon River The MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund, a $5 million investment [...]
