Projects
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
Stopped or cancelled20-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…
Being builtNebius 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.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules · Independence
City council voted 6-0 for new rules for future data centers. Reported rules: a buffer from homes, schools, parks and hospitals, closed-loop or other low-water cooling, generator tests only on weekday business hours (max 10 hours a month), and sound control on generators.
🗳️ Election · Independence
Voters in the 1st District recalled a city council member (about 68% yes) after he voted for tax breaks for the Nebius AI data center. Two other council members who backed the deal lost their seats in April.
✋ Turned down · Kansas City
City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to deny a 20-story, 384-foot data center tower at 10th and Central in Quality Hill, in a historic building. 475 letters opposed it. The developer could still ask the City Council to overrule.
⚖️ Court case · Independence
A resident group sued the city and the developer in Jackson County court. It says the March approvals broke zoning law, the Sunshine Law and the city charter, and asks to stop construction over noise, truck traffic and dust.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Oak Grove
Board of Aldermen passed a one-year pause on data center proposals so the city can update its development code and set limits. No data center has been proposed there.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Independence
City council voted 7-0 to pause new data center and big battery storage applications for 180 days to update its codes. It does not apply to projects already approved, like Nebius.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Unincorporated Jackson County
County legislature voted 8-0 (one excused) to pause data center and big battery storage land use applications for 180 days. The county says its code has no rules on safety or distance from homes yet.
🗳️ Public vote · Independence
Residents filed a petition to put the Nebius tax deal to a public vote. The city refused to certify it, and residents sued. A judge ruled for the city on March 25, 2026: the bond ordinance took effect right away under the city charter, so it could not go to a vote.
✅ Approved · Independence
City council voted 5-2 for a 20-year, 90% tax break and a revenue bond deal for the Nebius AI data center in the Little Blue Valley. A court later described the bond limit as up to $150.6 billion; some news reports said $150 million.
📜 Data center rules · Kansas City
City council voted unanimously for new zoning rules. Data centers are now treated as industrial, can only go in certain zones, and big ones need a council vote plus letters from KC Water and Evergy saying they can serve them.
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