Harper Road Technology Park (Peculiar)
Diode Ventures planned a $1.5 billion data center campus on about 500 acres in Peculiar, south of Kansas City. After a large resident campaign, the Board of Aldermen voted in 2024 to remove data centers from the city's zoning code, which blocked the project.
Where things stand: Peculiar's aldermen removed data centers from the zoning code in 2024, blocking the project.
🕒 Latest update (2024): Board of Aldermen removed data centers from the city's zoning rules, stopping the Diode project.
What we know
- 📍 Wherewest side of Harper Road between 203rd and future 211th Street, near an Evergy substation, Peculiar, Cass County
- 🏢 CompanyDiode Ventures
- 🌳 Size500 acres
- 💵 Cost$1.5 billion
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What happened so far
- 2024Board of Aldermen removed data centers from the city's zoning rules, stopping the Diode project.
Local votes and rules
🗺️ Zoning change
After strong resident pushback, the Board of Aldermen removed data centers from the city's light industrial zoning rules. Data centers are no longer allowed in Peculiar, which stopped the Diode Ventures campus on Harper Road.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Data center backlash unites some Missouri and Kansas towns against lawmakers and big tech · KCUR · Sept 2, 2026
- Peculiar officials in Missouri remove data centers from ordinance, blocking $1.5bn Diode project · Data Center Dynamics · 2024
- A rural Missouri town fights big tech, and itself · Herald Review · Oct 2024
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