Data centers in Butler County, Kansas
Butler County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Butler County decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: Rose Hill adopted data center regulations in 2017 (Rose Hill), September 22, 2026.
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The data center in Butler County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Butler County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Butler County has decided
2 bodies, 4 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Butler Countycounty
Butler County residents gathered over 200 signatures on a petition to require a vote before approving future data centers, reported September 11, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- referendum
Butler County residents gathered over 200 signatures on a petition to require a vote before approving future data centers
- event
Butler County tabled proposed data center regulations until September
- referendum
- Rose Hillcity
City council discussed data center petition on Monday and will decide by October 5 whether to allow citizens to vote on a ban or fight petitioners legally, September 21, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- referendum
City council discussed data center petition on Monday and will decide by October 5 whether to allow citizens to vote on a ban or fight petitioners legally.
- event
Rose Hill adopted data center regulations in 2017.
- referendum
What happened
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· Rose Hill
Referendum: City council discussed data center petition on Monday and will decide by October 5 whether to allow citizens to vote on a ban or fight petitioners legally. kake.com local outlet
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· Butler County
Referendum: Butler County residents gathered over 200 signatures on a petition to require a vote before approving future data centers foxkansas.com local outlet
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· Butler County
Scorecard event: Butler County tabled proposed data center regulations until September kake.com local outlet
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· Rose Hill
Scorecard event: Rose Hill adopted data center regulations in 2017. kake.com local outlet
What was said
Edward Wilson, a resident of El Dorado, started the Protect the Heartland group dedicated to preventing high impact data centers from being built in the town
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Butler County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Butler County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Butler County, Kansas", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ks/butler-county, updated September 23, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Butler County, Kansas", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ks/butler-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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The rows here are part of the Kansas export.
For researchers
- Place id
- us/ks/butler-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- yellow
- Scale word
- Case by case