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Data centers in Emporia, Kansas

No data center in Emporia is on the record yet; the page exists because the city has a scorecard row. Emporia limits new data centers. 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, September 21, 2026. Lyon County's own decisions are on the Lyon County page.

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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)

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  1. 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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  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

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

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orange
Scale word
Restrictive