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1 data center project in Liberty City

Who decides here: the City Council of Liberty City votes on zoning. The Clay County may review big projects too.

In Liberty City

Approved, not built yet

Metrobloks data center campus (Liberty)

Liberty, Clay County

30 acres

🕒 March 2026: Liberty City Council approved $1.4 billion in bonds and $202.7 million in tax breaks ove…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Being builtabout 5 miles away

Google data center at Hunt Midwest Business Center (Kansas City Northland)

Kansas City, Clay County

for Google

🕒 Feb 2026: Google said its first Missouri campus, started in 2024, is still under construction.

Being builtabout 6 miles away

Google Project Mica campus (Kansas City Northland)

Kansas City, Clay County

500 acres · for Google

🕒 Feb 12, 2026: Google confirmed a $10 billion, five-building campus on about 500 acres.

Built & runningabout 6 miles away

Edged Kansas City data center

Kansas City, Clay County

🕒 Dec 2024: Edged opened its $143 million data center in Kansas City.

Built & runningabout 11 miles away

Patmos AI campus (former Kansas City Star printing plant)

Kansas City, Jackson County

🕒 Nov 12, 2024: Patmos announced it will turn the old Kansas City Star printing plant into a 100+ megawa…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Being builtabout 11 miles away

Nebius AI data center (Eastgate Commerce Center, Independence)

Independence, Jackson County

398 acres

🕒 May 12, 2026: Nebius broke ground. A resident lawsuit to force a citywide vote had been dismissed.

Stopped or cancelledabout 13 miles away

20-story data center tower (Western Newspaper Union building, Quality Hill)

Kansas City, Jackson County

🕒 Aug 5, 2026: City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to deny the 384-foot data center tower; 475 letters oppos…

Local votes and rules

✅ Approved

City council approved $1.4 billion in bonds and $202.7 million in tax breaks over 25 years for the Metrobloks AI data center. Metrobloks will buy the bonds itself and give $28 million over 25 years to a local science institute.

March 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Liberty City: Evergy Missouri West (company) or Platte-clay Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of Kansas City (run by the town) or Union Electric Co. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Missouri.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Who will be the tenant?
  • How much water will it use per day?
  • When will construction start?

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