2 data center projects in Kansas City City
Who decides here: the City Council of Kansas City City votes on zoning. The Jackson County may review big projects too.
In Kansas City City
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…
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Edged Kansas City data center
Kansas City, Clay County
🕒 Dec 2024: Edged opened its $143 million data center in Kansas City.
Being builtabout 7 miles awayGoogle 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.
Being builtabout 7 miles awayGoogle 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.
Approved, not built yetabout 11 miles awayMetrobloks 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…
Being builtabout 11 miles awayNebius 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.
Approved, not built yetabout 11 miles awayProject Kestrel at KCI-29 Logistics Park (near KCI airport)
Kansas City, Platte County
379 acres · for Google (reported)
🕒 Aug 28, 2025: Port KC approved up to $100 billion in revenue bonds for a six-building data center camp…
Local votes and rules
✋ Turned down
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.
📜 Data center rules
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Kansas City City. - Go to council 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 Kansas City City: Evergy Missouri West (company) or City of Kansas City (run by the town) or Osage Valley Electric Co-op Assn (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
- How much power is the Patmos building using today?
- Did the project get tax breaks?
- Will the developer take the plan to the City Council anyway?