Digital Realty De Soto data center campus (Astra Enterprise Park)
Also called: Project Jayhawk, Astra North
Digital Realty bought about 1,435 acres in De Soto's Astra Enterprise Park for one or more data center campuses. The first phase, on about 300 acres, got planning approval in September 2026. Construction is expected to start in 2027.
Where things stand: Planning commission approved the Phase One site plan on Sept. 22, 2026. Later phases still need city approval; a resident petition could force a vote.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 22, 2026): De Soto Planning Commission approved the Phase One site plan (one two-story building).
What we know
- 📍 WhereAstra Enterprise Park, next to the Panasonic battery plant (former Sunflower Ammunition Plant land), De Soto, Johnson County
- 🏢 CompanyDigital Realty
❓ Still unanswered
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- How many megawatts will the Digital Realty De Soto campus use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will Digital Realty get tax increment financing (TIF), and how much? 🙋 I'll find out
- How big will the full campus be? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- June 4, 2026Digital Realty presented plans for a data center campus; a city memo says it bought 1,435 acres in Astra Enterprise Park.
- Sept 22, 2026De Soto Planning Commission approved the Phase One site plan (one two-story building).
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
The planning commission approved Digital Realty's Phase One site plan, one two-story building. Later phases still need city approval.
📌 Other
Residents started a petition to block 'high-impact' data centers by putting the question to a city vote. It could affect later phases of the Digital Realty campus.
✅ Approved
City council approved early plans for Beale Infrastructure's data center campus (four buildings). In April 2026 the planning commission approved a larger plan.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Second hyperscale data center moves forward in De Soto amid petition drive · KSHB 41 · Sept 2026
- De Soto reviewing site application for what could be city's second data center · KSHB 41 · July 2026
- De Soto residents raise complaints about Beale Infrastructure data center · KCUR · July 9, 2026
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