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Data centers in Lyon County, Kansas

No data center in Lyon County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. Lyon County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Emporia summer public hearing on 1,000 acre hyperscale data center zoning proposal; commissioners approved zoning plan despite resident opposition (Emporia), September 21, 2026.

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  1. Emporia: Emporia voters will decide on November 3 a citizen initiated ballot question to prohibit high impact data centers defined as primary use for servers with peak electricity over 10 megawatts or water use over 100,000 gallons per day, as reported by emporiagazette.com. emporiagazette.com local outlet (as of September 30, 2026)

No data center in Lyon County yet

No data center is on the record in Lyon County yet. The first published record in Lyon County puts it on the map and in the list here.

The cities in Lyon County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record.

CityProjectsRulesHow it treats data centers
Emporia01restrictive

What Lyon County has decided

2 bodies, 4 decisions on the record

What 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.

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  1. Lyon Countycounty

    Court hearing held on temporary orders regarding citizen initiative petition about high impact data centers, reported August 20, 2026.

    wibw.com local outlet

    no published rating
    2 acts on this row
    1. litigation

      Court hearing held on temporary orders regarding citizen initiative petition about high impact data centers

      wibw.com local outlet

    2. litigation

      Lyon County District Court ordered data center petition question placed on November 2026 ballot

      wibw.com local outlet

    Last verified August 20, 2026.

  2. Emporiacity

    Emporia summer public hearing on 1,000 acre hyperscale data center zoning proposal; commissioners approved zoning plan despite resident opposition, reported September 21, 2026.

    prospect.org local outlet

    restrictive
    2 acts on this row
    1. approval

      Emporia summer public hearing on 1,000 acre hyperscale data center zoning proposal; commissioners approved zoning plan despite resident opposition

      prospect.org local outlet

    2. litigation

      Emporia residents submitted initiative petition for high impact data center ordinance; Lyon County District Court ordered placement on November ballot on August 20, 2026

      kshb.com local outlet

    Last verified November 3, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Emporia

    Approval: Emporia summer public hearing on 1,000 acre hyperscale data center zoning proposal; commissioners approved zoning plan despite resident opposition prospect.org local outlet

  2. · Emporia

    Litigation: Emporia residents submitted initiative petition for high impact data center ordinance; Lyon County District Court ordered placement on November ballot on August 20, 2026 kshb.com local outlet

  3. · Lyon County

    Litigation: Court hearing held on temporary orders regarding citizen initiative petition about high impact data centers wibw.com local outlet

  4. · Lyon County

    Litigation: Lyon County District Court ordered data center petition question placed on November 2026 ballot wibw.com local outlet

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lyon County, Kansas", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ks/lyon-county, updated November 3, 2026.

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