2 data center projects in Unincorporated Franklin County
Who decides here: the Franklin County Commission decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Franklin County
Gateway Digital Campus (Diamond Farms, near Villa Ridge)
Unincorporated Franklin County, Franklin County
575 acres
🕒 Sept 15, 2026: County Commission voted unanimously to rezone the land from farm to industrial use. It a…
Approved, not built yetMeramec Valley Technology Park (Crooked Creek, south of Pacific)
Unincorporated Franklin County, Franklin County
495 acres
🕒 Sept 15, 2026: County Commission voted unanimously to rezone the land from farm to industrial use.
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
County commission voted to rezone farmland to industrial for two big data centers: Gateway Digital Campus near Villa Ridge and Beltline's Meramec Valley Technology Park south of Pacific. The planning commission had backed the first and opposed the second.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Franklin County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Franklin County: Union Electric Co. (company) or Crawford Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Three Rivers Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)).
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 use the data center (which tech company)?
- How much power will it need, and will new power lines or substations be built?
- How much water will it use per day, and from where?
- Will the county or state give tax breaks?
- Will residents file a lawsuit against the rezoning?
- Who will use the data center (which tech company)?
- How much power will it need, and will new power lines be built?
- Will Pacific agree to sell treated wastewater for cooling, and how much water will it use per day?
- Will residents sue over the rezoning?