Data centers in Independence, Missouri

Independence has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Independence has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center, September 14, 2026. Jackson County's own decisions are on the Jackson County page.

Updated September 17, 2026 · Every line below links to its source · How the record works

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The data center in Independence

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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
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Tenant
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Where

1 data center in Independence: 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 Independence's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What Independence has decided

1 body, 5 decisions on the record

What the city has 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.

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. Reported Sep 14referendum
  In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center
  latimes.com local outlet
2. Reported Sep 3referendum
  Independence, MO residents held a recall vote related to a data center decision
  dailykos.com local outlet
3. Reported Sep 2referendum
  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
  - yahoo.com national outlet
4. Reported Sep 2approval
  John Perkins, Independence councilman, was recalled after voting to approve a multibillion dollar data center
  kmbc.com local outlet
5. Reported Aug 13litigation
  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

Reported September 14, 2026 · Independence

Referendum: In Independence Missouri, voters recalled a City Council member who supported tax breaks for a proposed data center latimes.com local outlet
Reported September 3, 2026 · Independence

Referendum: Independence, MO residents held a recall vote related to a data center decision dailykos.com local outlet
Reported September 2, 2026 · Independence

Referendum: An Independence councilman was recalled by voters in his district after his vote for data center tax incentives kshb.com local outlet
Reported September 2, 2026 · Independence

Approval: John Perkins, Independence councilman, was recalled after voting to approve a multibillion dollar data center kmbc.com local outlet
Reported August 13, 2026 · Independence

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

Missouri, year by year · Every milestone, by month

The county and nearby counties

The county Jackson County Its decisions and every record in it 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 1 record

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

Figure	Disclosed total	Not disclosed
Power	Not disclosed	1	Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per day	Not disclosed	1	Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per year	Not disclosed	1	Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Permanent jobs	Not disclosed	1	Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Tax each year	Not disclosed	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.

Third party figures on the same metrics

Numbers from outside sources on the same metric and place. A figure a project disclosed about itself is in the sums above, not here. Where several sources give the same figure for the same place and year, it is one row with every source behind it (23 sources on 20 rows).

Power

300 MWFerguson, MO, 2026
2 sources
- Potential future expansion for 300 megawatt data center. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)
- Data center would be 300 megawatts in capacity. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
24,000 square feetFerguson, MO, 2026Current smaller data center is 24,000 square feet and 16 megawatts. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
154 MWMissouri, 2026Phase 1 of Island Roadhouse campus targets 154 MW of sellable IT load. PR Newswire (prnewswire.com)
120 MWSt. Louis, Missouri, MO, 2026The facility has 120 megawatts capacity. STLtoday.com (stltoday.com)
120 MWSt. Louis, MO, 2026Armory Innovation District data center project is $3 billion, 120 megawatt center in Midtown near Armory in historic Famous Barr building. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)
2.4 MWSt. Louis, MO, 2026The city's renewable energy requirements require the data center to use 2.4 megawatts of renewable energy. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)

Permanent jobs

100 jobs and dollarsFerguson, MO, 2026
2 sources
- Onder's firm would create 100 full time jobs and invest at least 157 million in the campus by 2027. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
- Onder's firm would create 100 full time jobs (given as 100 jobs). St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)
17,000 jobsLouisiana, Loudoun County Virginia, Montgomery County Missouri, statewide, 2026Loudoun County reported over 17,000 direct and indirect jobs related to data centers. Pelican Institute (pelicanpolicy.org)
100 jobsFerguson, Missouri, 2026The firm would create 100 full time jobs and invest at least $150 million in the campus by 2028. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
17.4 percentLouisiana, Loudoun County Virginia, Montgomery County Missouri, statewide, 2026Employment in Loudoun surged 17.4% since early 2020. Pelican Institute (pelicanpolicy.org)
12 dollars and jobsFerguson, MO, 2026Summer budget cut 12 full time positions to save about 2.2 million dollars. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)

Tax each year

1,500,000,000 dollarsFerguson, MO, 2026
2 sources
- Tax incentives worth up to 1.5 billion dollars and industrial revenue bonds up to 22 billion dollars. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
- City would give up to 1.5 billion in tax incentives and issue up to 22 billion in industrial revenue bonds. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)
544,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 dollarsFerguson, Missouri, 2026Tax incentives agreement grants the project up to 15 years of tax abatements on real estate, personal property and sales taxes through 2040 worth between $544 million and $1.5 billion in revenue. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
444,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 dollarsFerguson, MO, 2026City would grant up to 15 years of tax abatements worth between 444 million and 1.5 billion in revenue through 2040. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
134,000,000 to 389,000,000 dollarsFerguson, Missouri, 2026Firm would make payments to Ferguson in lieu of taxes ranging from $134 million to $389 million through 2040. St Louis Post-Dispatch (stltoday.com)
10,000,000,000 dollarsFranklin County, MO, 2026Total tax revenue including St. Louis Community College District would exceed 10 billion dollars over 20 years. Missourian | Washington, MO (missourian.com)
9,800,000,000 dollarsFranklin County, MO, 2026Franklin County entities could receive more than 9.8 billion dollars over 20 years from two planned data centers with no tax abatements. Missourian | Washington, MO (missourian.com)
1,200,000,000 USDLouisiana, Loudoun County Virginia, Montgomery County Missouri, statewide, 2026In Fiscal Year 2026, data centers generated $1.2 billion in real and personal property tax revenue in Loudoun County, representing 39% of the county's overall budget. Pelican Institute (pelicanpolicy.org)
445,000,000 USDSt. Louis, Missouri, 2026Consultants working for TerraWatt estimate that the project will net about $445 million in tax revenue over 10 years for the city, St. Louis Public Schools and other taxing authorities. STLPR (stlpr.org)
445,000,000 dollars a yearSt. Louis, MO, 2026The project is projected to net about 445 million dollars in tax revenue over 10 years for the city, St. Louis Public Schools and other taxing authorities. St Louis Public Radio (stlpr.org)

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Independence is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Independence is cooled.

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

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Data centers in Independence, Missouri

The data center in Independence

Nebius AI Data Center Independence

Where

What Independence has decided

What happened

The county and nearby counties

Disclosed figures

Power, water, jobs and tax

By what the facilities are for

What the facilities are for

How the facilities are cooled

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