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Data centers in Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County has 5 data centers on the record: 2 running, 1 being built and 2 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Jackson County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center (Independence), September 14, 2026.

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The 5 data centers in Jackson County

Newest activity first

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.

  1. Running Built from one source

    DataBank Kansas City data center

    Kansas City, Jackson County · DataBank

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  2. Reported Built from one source

    Downtown Kansas City Data Center

    Kansas City, Jackson County

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  3. Being built Built from one source

    Google Kansas City data center

    Kansas City, Jackson County · Google

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  4. Running Built from one source

    Meta Kansas City Data Center

    Kansas City, Jackson County · Meta

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  5. Reported Built from one source

    Nebius AI Data Center Independence

    Independence, Jackson County · Nebius

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

5 data centers in Jackson County: 2 running, 1 being built, 2 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Jackson County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Jackson County on the record (2)

2 of 2 cities have a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record.

CityProjectsRules
Kansas City40
Independence11

What Jackson County has decided

1 body, 5 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.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.

  1. Independencecity

    In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center, reported September 14, 2026.

    latimes.com local outlet

    no published rating
    5 acts on this row
    1. referendum

      In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center

      latimes.com local outlet

    2. referendum

      Independence, MO residents held a recall vote related to a data center decision

      dailykos.com local outlet

    3. referendum

      An Independence councilman was recalled by voters in his district after his vote for data center tax incentives

      kshb.com local outlet

      Also reported by 1 source
    4. approval

      John Perkins, Independence councilman, was recalled after voting to approve a multibillion dollar data center

      kmbc.com local outlet

    5. litigation

      Bly Road residents filed a 52 page lawsuit to stop the Independence AI data center project

      kshb.com local outlet

    Last verified September 14, 2026.

The rules across Missouri.

What happened

  1. · Independence

    Referendum: In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center latimes.com local outlet

  2. · Independence

    Referendum: Independence, MO residents held a recall vote related to a data center decision dailykos.com local outlet

  3. · Independence

    Referendum: An Independence councilman was recalled by voters in his district after his vote for data center tax incentives kshb.com local outlet

  4. · Independence

    Approval: John Perkins, Independence councilman, was recalled after voting to approve a multibillion dollar data center kmbc.com local outlet

  5. · Independence

    Litigation: Bly Road residents filed a 52 page lawsuit to stop the Independence AI data center project kshb.com local outlet

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Nearby counties with records

75 miles away Benton County 1 data center on the record 98 miles away Nodaway County 1 data center on the record 124 miles away Jasper County 1 data center on the record 130 miles away Callaway County 1 data center on the record

Every Missouri county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 5 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records

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

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed5Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot 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 5 tracked facilities in Jackson County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 5 tracked facilities in Jackson County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Jackson County, Missouri", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mo/jackson-county, updated September 17, 2026.

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