Missouri: data centers & your electric bill
The numbers residents cite at hearings — grid, water, and regulator contacts for Missouri, from the free GridWatch toolkit.
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As of July 2026 · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
Your regulator
Missouri Public Service Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Missouri electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Pushback already happening in Missouri
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peculiar | Local | Enacted | Board of Aldermen reversed an earlier zoning change and struck 'data center' from the light-industrial code, permanently blocking Diode Ventures' $1.5B Harper Road Technology Park. A 100-day moratorium (Aug 2024) preceded the permanent change | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Jackson County | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-12-19 | 180-day moratorium on data center and battery storage land use applications, 8-0 (one excused). Amended up from 120 days | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Springfield | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-11-17 | 120-day administrative delay, 8-0. Expires Nov 17 or when council passes a two-reading bill. Public input sessions to follow | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| City of St. Charles | Local | Enacted | Permanent ban — data centers removed as a permitted use from all zoning districts, 7-1 (Bill 14085). Triggered by 'Project Cumulus' proposal near city water wells. Initial 1-year moratorium Aug 2025 | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| St. Charles County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-01-13 | 6-month moratorium on projects >100,000 sq ft or >5 MW, unanimous. Third-party study of health, infrastructure, and quality-of-life impacts commissioned | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Columbia | Local | Enacted | 1-year moratorium pausing data center permits and conditional-use applications, 6-0. Council approved data center definition and zoning criteria simultaneously | Source read 2026-08-13 |
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.
Case studies
Peculiar, MO — The town deleted 'data center' from its zoning code
Peculiar had already cleared the way for Diode Ventures' $1.5B Harper Road Technology Park by adding a 'data center' definition to its light-industrial zoning code. After hundreds of residents from Peculiar and neighbouring Raymore turned out against it, the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously in October 2024 to strike that definition back out — blocking the project without ever passing a moratorium. Removing a permitted use is a quieter tool than a ban, and here it was a faster one.
Known data center campuses in Missouri
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Kansas City | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
Every data center already built in Missouri
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Missouri.
Browse the Missouri directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
Latest Missouri data center news
No Missouri data-center headlines in this week's national scan — local coverage often runs ahead of it.
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State municipal league: Missouri Municipal League
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