The data center fight in Kansas City, Missouri
As of September 27, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri has a data center moratorium in force.
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Kansas City, MO City Council adopted stricter zoning code on Jan 15, 2026. Reclassifies data centers from commercial to industrial facilities and limits them to specific zoning districts. Also directed city manager to evaluate impact of data center development. This is a zoning restriction, not a moratorium per se.
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read 2026-09-06
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
The project on the table
Google Kansas City East — Under construction
Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Size: 105 MW
Epoch AI estimates ~105 MW.
Next: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.
Latest in the record
- 2026-04-29 — Google and Keystone Community Corporation launched OnRamp, a two-part AI education initiative in Kansas City; the OnRamp Start cohort of 25 participants began May 5, 2026, with a youth-focused OnRamp Foundations track starting in June 2026. · source
- 2026-03-22 — KCUR reported Google's first KC-area campus near Worlds of Fun was still under construction and reportedly drawing roughly 1,000 construction workers. · source
- 2025-09-08 — KCUR identified AG Rose Solutions as the Google affiliate LLC behind the Kansas City data center, noting the facility was under construction; David Thomas signed the Missouri secretary of state filing for the LLC. · source
- 2024-11-12 — Flatland KC reported Google had arranged with Evergy, Ranger Power, and DESRI to add 400 MW of carbon-free energy capacity from the Beavertail Solar farm to power its $1 billion data facility at Hunt Midwest Business Center. · source
- 2024-04-04 — Flatland KC reported that Google's $1 billion data center announcement would add significantly to area electricity demand, complicating Evergy's carbon-reduction goals alongside other large projects like the Panasonic battery plant. · source
- 2024-03-20 — Google announced a $1 billion data center at Hunt Midwest Business Center on NE Parvin Road in Kansas City, with a target opening as soon as 2025, partnering with Evergy, Ranger Power, and DESRI on 400 MW of new carbon-free energy capacity from the Missouri-based Beavertail Solar farm. · source
Full dated timeline on the project tracker.
Source. Read 2026-08-14.
Recent news
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 1 headline archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Missouri.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Missouri briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Missouri
- Independence (9 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-02
- Jackson County (14 mi) — Enactedexpires 2026-12-19
- Oak Grove (25 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-05
- Peculiar (27 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Nodaway County (89 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-21
- Columbia (121 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Camdenton (125 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-05
- Springfield (148 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-17
All 18 tracked actions in Missouri are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.