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Kansas Data Center Investment Tracker
Kansas carries 5 named site commitments worth at least $10.9B in disclosed capital, set against 19 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 1 cancelled or blocked and 12 delayed or under moratorium, as of October 8, 2026.
Kansas
KS
5 capital providers on record
Named sites
5
Site-level commitments the atlas records in Kansas
Disclosed capital floor
$10.9B
Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted
Disclosed capacity
1,700 MW
Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure
Blocked, delayed or restricted
19
$12.9B of announced capital in those projects
Who is investing
Who is investing in data centers in Kansas?
The largest disclosed commitments in Kansas are Alcove Development (Project Catalyst data center (across from Osawatomie State Hospital), ~$10.0B); DAMAC Digital (DAMAC Group) (DAMAC Digital Edgerton data center (Logistics Park Kansas City), $860M). Together the 5 named sites here carry a disclosed floor of $10.9B; sites with no dollar figure are listed but not counted.
Named sites
Named data center sites in Kansas
Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.
| Site | Capital provider | Place | Capital | MW | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project Catalyst data center (across from Osawatomie State Hospital) KCUR 18 September 2026 (500 MW, $10 billion); acreage growth and amended pre-development agreement terms per city minutes as reported by KSHB 41 |
Alcove Development with MDH Partners (Atlanta, financing the proposal), City of Osawatomie (pre-development agreement) |
Osawatomie, Miami County | ~$10.0B | 500 | proposed | |
DAMAC Digital Edgerton data center (Logistics Park Kansas City) Council approval Thursday 16 July 2026 |
DAMAC Digital (DAMAC Group) | Edgerton, Johnson County | $860M | n.a. | approved | |
Project Bluestem hyperscale data center First proposed March 2026; resubmitted at up to 1.2 GW; county public meeting 16 September 2026 (KCTV) |
Cloverleaf Infrastructure | Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County | n.a. | 1,200 | proposed | |
Digital Realty Ad Astra Enterprise Park campus Reported 10 August 2026 |
Digital Realty Trust | De Soto, Johnson County | n.a. | n.a. | approved | |
Project Helium (Sharon) Development agreement approved 31 August 2026 |
Alphabet / Google | Sharon, Barber County | n.a. | n.a. | announced |
Capital at risk
Blocked, delayed or restricted in Kansas
Every project in Kansas on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.
| Project | Developer | Jurisdiction | Action | Capital | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Wolf hyperscale data center (Parallel Parkway) litigation North tract rezoning failed 31 July 2025; lawsuit reported on hold November 2025 |
Red Wolf DCD Properties | Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas | The Unified Government approved zoning for the $12 billion campus in May 2025, but protest petitions triggered a supermajority requirement and on 31 July 2025 the north side rezoning failed that threshold on a 7-3 vote. Landowners then sued over the rezoning, and KCUR reported in November 2025 that the petition and lawsuit had put the project on hold. Data Center Watch reported that on 29 October 2025 a Wyandotte County judge let the south tract case proceed. |
~$12.0B | |
DAMAC Digital Edgerton data center (citizen ban petition) litigation Site plans approved mid-July 2026; ruling for petitioners 3 September 2026; mandamus hearing 24 September 2026, briefs due 9 October 2026 |
DAMAC Digital | Johnson County District Court / City of Edgerton | In mid-July 2026 the Edgerton City Council voted to deny a data center moratorium and overrode a planning commission rejection to approve final site plans for DAMAC Digital's US$860 million data center. Residents then filed a petition with 208 signatures to ban large data centers, which county officials validated, but the city sued to stop it. On Thursday 3 September 2026 Johnson County District Judge Stephanie Goodenow ruled the city's suit violated the Kansas Public Speech Protection Act and that the petition can move forward for now. On Thursday 24 September 2026 petition organizers Carrie Schmidt and Kim Twente argued for a writ of mandamus ordering the city to submit the ban referendum to the Johnson County Election Office; attorneys for Edgerton and DAMAC argued the plan is not subject to a referendum. Briefs are due 9 October 2026, after which Judge Stephanie Goodenow will issue a written opinion. Organizers said the timeline rules out the November ballot and they hope for a special election. |
$860M | |
Beale Infrastructure data center application (Gardner) withdrawn Withdrawal announced 6 May 2026; single outlet |
Beale Infrastructure | City of Gardner | The City of Gardner announced on Wednesday 6 May 2026 that Beale Infrastructure had withdrawn its data center application. According to the city's press release, Gardner told the developer it would not offer tax incentives for the project, and Beale then withdrew. About 200 people from three counties had turned out at the City Council meeting two days earlier to oppose the proposal; Beale said it would not move forward with the project at this time. |
n.a. | |
Bourbon County 365-day moratorium (data centers, crypto mining, utility-scale power, waste disposal) moratorium Enacted 3-0 on 15 June 2026; 365 days; single outlet |
n.a. | Bourbon County Commission | The Bourbon County Commission enacted a 365-day moratorium on utility-scale power generation, crypto mining, data center and waste disposal operations under Resolution 24-26 on Monday 15 June 2026. The vote was 3-0, with Commissioners Joe Allen and Gregg Motley abstaining; a previous moratorium had expired the day before. Solar projects of Tennyson Creek Solar LLC, Tennyson Creek Solar II LLC and Hinton Creek Solar LLC are exempt, and the county hired a consultant to write a comprehensive plan and zoning regulations. |
n.a. | |
El Dorado citizen initiative banning high-impact data centers and Tier 2 and Tier 3 battery storage for 10 years other Court ruling 21 August 2026; ballot resolution 5-0 on 25 August 2026; election November 2026 |
n.a. | City of El Dorado; Butler County District Court | Protect the Heartland submitted a petition with more than 700 signatures to ban high-impact data centers and Tier 2 and Tier 3 battery energy storage systems in El Dorado, and the city sought a declaratory judgment that it was not a proper initiative, heard on 14 August 2026. A district judge ruled for the petitioners on Friday 21 August 2026, and the City Commission voted 5-0 at a special meeting on 25 August to place a 10-year ban on the November 2026 ballot. The Kansas City Star reported on 22 September 2026 that the judge ruled the vote's outcome will be binding. |
n.a. | |
Emporia digital infrastructure district and citizen data center ban petition litigation Ordinances approved 5-0 on 22 July 2026; landowner suit filed 19 August 2026 (reported 2 October 2026); petition placed on November 2026 ballot by court order in August 2026 |
n.a. | City of Emporia | On 22 July 2026 the Emporia City Commission voted 5-0 to approve three ordinances establishing a digital infrastructure district. It did not act on a validated citizen petition to ban high-impact data centers. If commissioners did not approve the petition within three weeks, it was to go to the November 2026 general election ballot. The city did not adopt the petition ordinance and sought judicial review; in August 2026 Senior Judge Glenn Braun of Lyon County District Court ordered the question onto the November 2026 ballot without deciding whether the petition is legislative or administrative, so its legal status remains pending. The Kansas City Star reported on 22 September 2026 that the Emporia judge ruled the ordinance's legal effect stays pending a final ruling regardless of the election result, and that no further hearing had been scheduled. Separately, three landowners (Amanda Mendoza, Kenneth Bruner and Ann Bruner) filed suit against the City of Emporia in Lyon County District Court on 19 August 2026 asking the court to declare the 22 July approvals (Ordinances 26-21, 26-22 and 26-23: the Digital Infrastructure Overlay District, the rezoning of 11 tracts and their placement in the overlay) unlawful and unreasonable. They allege the city applied the overlay before the ordinance creating it took effect and set no adequate standards for development agreements. A clerk's order of 18 September 2026 extended the city's time to respond to 8 October 2026; there has been no ruling on the merits. The Emporia Gazette describes the citizen question on the November 2026 ballot as a 10-year ban. |
n.a. | |
Harvey County data center moratorium (through 2028) moratorium Approved unanimously 13 January 2026; runs through the end of 2028; single outlet |
n.a. | Harvey County Commission | The Harvey County Commission unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday 13 January 2026 placing a moratorium on construction of data centers in unincorporated parts of the county through the end of 2028. The county said no application had been submitted and that the pause gives its planning and zoning bodies time to write regulations; the commission can rescind or extend it at any time. |
n.a. | |
Kingman County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted February 2026 |
n.a. | Kingman County | Kingman County, Kansas, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated February 2026. Resolution No. 2026-R9 imposing temporary moratorium on data centers in unincorporated county. The measure has no documented term. |
n.a. | |
Lawrence two-year large-scale data center moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously 14 July 2026; two years |
n.a. | City of Lawrence | The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a two-year moratorium on large-scale data centers on 14 July 2026, doubling the initially proposed duration. The measure includes an exception process to limit liability. Staff will study longer-term code changes and draft regulations. |
n.a. | |
Lyon County data center and battery storage moratorium moratorium Approved 23 July 2026; data center moratorium runs to 22 January 2027 |
n.a. | Lyon County Board of County Commissioners | Lyon County commissioners approved two moratorium resolutions on Thursday 23 July 2026. Resolution No. 12-26 halts applications for data centers and battery energy storage systems until 22 January 2027, and Resolution No. 13-26 halts commercial solar applications until 1 December 2026. Both may be extended, amended or ended by the commission. The vote came a day after the Emporia City Commission approved data center resolutions at a heated 22 July meeting. |
n.a. | |
Marysville 12-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted unanimously on 14 September 2026; runs 12 months |
n.a. | City of Marysville | Marysville City Council unanimously adopted a 12-month moratorium on data center development at its Monday meeting (14 September 2026). No applications for data center development will be accepted or processed during the moratorium. The pause gives the Planning Commission and city staff time to examine zoning changes and hear from residents and stakeholders. The ordinance defines data centers broadly to include cloud computing and AI infrastructure. |
n.a. | |
McPherson County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026 |
n.a. | McPherson County | McPherson County, Kansas, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. Resolution 2026-21; permanent ban on data centers and utility-scale battery storage in unincorporated areas. Voted 3-0. Replaced earlier moratorium from summer 2025. The measure has no end date by design. |
n.a. | |
Miami County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026 |
n.a. | Miami County | Miami County, Kansas, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. Three-year moratorium restricting data centers, battery storage, and similar technologies in unincorporated areas; excludes Osawatomie's in-city Project Catalyst site. The measure has a stated duration whose end date is not recorded. |
n.a. | |
Ottawa citizen initiative to ban data centers over 25 MW (Lightfield Energy Proximity Park) litigation Ballot ruling 3 September 2026; next hearing 20 October 2026; election November 2026; final legal ruling pending |
Lightfield Energy LLC (Proximity Park buyer) | Franklin County District Court / City of Ottawa | Franklin County District Court Judge Eric W. Godderz ruled on Thursday 3 September 2026 that a citizen-initiated ordinance banning data centers using more than 25 MW in Ottawa will go on the November 2026 ballot. Ottawa United Inc. had sued the city, alleging it ignored a petition verified on 7 August with the required 658 signatures, after commissioners took no action on legal advice. The court still must decide whether the ordinance is legislative or administrative. The measure targets a proposed 300-acre Proximity Park development that Lightfield Energy agreed to buy in December 2024. The Kansas City Star reported on 22 September 2026 that the ordinance's legal effect stays pending a final ruling regardless of the vote, with the next hearing on 20 October 2026. |
n.a. | |
Rose Hill citizen initiative banning data centers and battery energy storage (kept off ballot) other Resolution passed 5 October 2026 |
n.a. | City of Rose Hill | On Monday 5 October 2026 the Rose Hill City Council passed Resolution 719 declaring that a citizen petition (230 signatures, almost 100 more than required) for an ordinance banning certain data centers and battery energy storage systems is administrative rather than legislative and so exempt from the initiative process, keeping it off the ballot. The council authorized the city attorney to defend the decision in court, distinguishing the El Dorado ruling that sent a similar initiative to the ballot. |
n.a. | |
Sedgwick County campus (1,000+ acres) moratorium Adopted January 2026; third extension 2 September 2026, to at least 25 December 2026; next decision 2 December 2026 |
n.a. | Sedgwick County, KS | Moratorium active, extended twice. The county's interim development control on hyperscale data centers, in place since 14 January 2026, was extended for a third time on Wednesday 2 September 2026, by three months to at least 25 December 2026; proposed zoning rules were to be released 24 September 2026 and commissioners plan to consider continuing the pause into 2027 on 2 December 2026. |
n.a. | |
Shawnee County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026 |
n.a. | Shawnee County | Shawnee County, Kansas, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. 2-1: no final action on data center land use applications until 17 February 2027. Applications may still be filed, Compass Datacenters can resubmit, they just cannot be decided. The measure runs to 17 February 2027. |
n.a. | |
South Hutchinson data center moratorium moratorium Enacted May 2026 |
n.a. | South Hutchinson | South Hutchinson, Kansas, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated May 2026. One-year moratorium on large-scale data centers and battery energy storage systems; revised after original draft would have halted even small-scale container-sized data centers. The measure runs to 26 May 2027. |
n.a. | |
Topeka 12-month data center and battery storage moratorium moratorium Approved 14 July 2026; 12 months; utility-connection amendment 11 August 2026 |
n.a. | City of Topeka | The Topeka City Council unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers within the city on Tuesday 14 July 2026, amending it before the vote to include battery storage facilities. On 11 August 2026 the council amended the moratorium to restrict city utility connections for data centers inside and outside city limits, preventing staff from extending service to a data center outside the city. The measure followed Compass Datacenters' proposed 10-building campus southwest of Topeka in Shawnee County, which has its own moratorium (row 574). |
n.a. |
Financing
Financing transactions tied to Kansas sites
Transactions the atlas ties to a named site in Kansas: joint ventures, project bonds, credit facilities, leases and power agreements. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.
| Parties | Instrument | Amount | Date | Site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Digital Realty + Seller not disclosed Digital Realty announced the purchase of about 1,440 acres at Astra Enterprise Park near Kansas City for $475 million, a powered land site it said would support 600 MW by early 2028 and 2 GW at full delivery. The three transactions announced that day were funded mainly by issuing 6.3 million common shares and operating partnership units at a weighted average of $197.54. The release does not name the seller or state a closing date. |
acquisition | ~$475M | Announced 22 June 2026 (company release) | Digital Realty Ad Astra Enterprise Park campus | |
Digital Realty + City of De Soto Digital Realty applied to use an existing 2021 tax increment financing district at Ad Astra Enterprise Park in De Soto, Kansas, for a nine-building campus on about 1,400 acres. Phase 1 construction is expected in 2027 to 2028 and Phase 2 in 2028 to 2031 |
incentive | n.a. | Reported 10 August 2026 | Digital Realty Ad Astra Enterprise Park campus |
Policy context
What governs a data center in Kansas
Kansas (KCC order on Evergy Large Load Power Service tariff)state
Applies to new facilities above 75 MW in Evergy's Kansas territories; approved Thursday 6 November 2025. Conditions on service, not a moratorium
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved on Thursday 6 November 2025 a settlement among Evergy's Kansas utilities, the Data Center Coalition, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Google and others creating a large load power service rate plan for new facilities over 75 MW. Customers may ramp up over as long as five years, must then take service for at least 12 years, pay a minimum monthly bill based on 80% of contract demand and pay for transmission upgrades needed to serve them. KCC staff estimated large-load customers will pay 7% to 10% more than existing industrial customers. The plan includes four clean energy options. Evergy had cited more than 20 prospective large-load customers totaling over 6 GW in Kansas.
The policy layer for Kansas lives in three companion references: the Kansas Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.
On the map
Data centers in Kansas
The US Data Center Map identifies 20 facilities run by 11 operators in Kansas, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.
Kansas data centers
20 facilities · 11 operators
Map, locations, operators, rules
Kansas power and local economy
Generation, utilities and county records
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US Data Center Map
Every state, one page each
The national map and the operator directory
Sources
Sources for Kansas
Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.
- kcur.orgKCUR
- kshb.comKSHB 41
- yahoo.comThe Kansas City Star via Yahoo News
- kshb.comKSHB 41
- kctv5.comKCTV, 16 September 2026
- kmbc.comKMBC
- yahoo.comYahoo News (Kansas City Star)
- kshb.comKSHB 41, 29 September 2026
- bizjournals.comKansas City Business Journal, 23 September 2026 (paywalled)
- stocktitan.netDigital Realty release (via Stock Titan), 22 June 2026
- kwch.comKWCH
- ksn.comKSN
- kake.comKAKE
- msn.comKSNW via MSN
- kcur.orgKCUR
- datacenterwatch.substack.comData Center Watch briefing
- thebeaconnews.orgThe Beacon
- kansasreflector.comKansas Reflector (not fetchable, 403)
- msn.comThe Kansas City Star via MSN
- kshb.comKSHB 41
- kmbc.comKMBC
- msn.comKMBC via MSN
- kshb.comKSHB 41
- bourboncountymonitor.comBourbon County Monitor
- kwch.comKWCH
- kwch.comKWCH
- kake.comKAKE
- msn.comThe Kansas City Star via MSN
- wibw.comWIBW
- kvoe.comKVOE
- wibw.comWIBW
- emporiagazette.comThe Emporia Gazette
- emporiagazette.comEmporia Gazette (ballot question)
- kwch.comKWCH
- kcnonline.comkcnonline.com
- lawrencekstimes.comLawrence Times
- msn.comKSNT via MSN
- emporiagazette.comThe Emporia Gazette
- marysvilleonline.netMarysville Advocate
- citizenjournal.uscitizenjournal.us
- kshb.comkshb.com
- kshb.comKSHB 41
- yahoo.comThe Cool Down via Yahoo News
- ksn.comKSN Wichita
- interconnectedcapital.comInterconnected Capital
- yahoo.comThe Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News
- wibw.comwibw.com
- hutchtribune.comhutchtribune.com
- ksnt.comKSNT 27 News (14 July 2026)
- ksnt.comKSNT 27 News (11 August 2026)
- scanx.tradeScanX summary of the Digital Realty release
- utilitydive.comUtility Dive
Every state, one page each
Alabama 9 / 21Alaska 1 / 1Arizona 11 / 11Arkansas 2 / 8California 10 / 35Colorado 6 / 21Connecticut 0 / 6Delaware 0 / 5Florida 0 / 46Georgia 23 / 57Hawaii 0 / 0Idaho 2 / 2Illinois 10 / 35Indiana 14 / 44Iowa 3 / 22Kansas 5 / 19Kentucky 6 / 26Louisiana 7 / 3Maine 0 / 20Maryland 1 / 22Massachusetts 0 / 11Michigan 4 / 55Minnesota 3 / 31Mississippi 7 / 5Missouri 10 / 25Montana 1 / 10Nebraska 3 / 16Nevada 8 / 12New Hampshire 0 / 5New Jersey 4 / 61New Mexico 3 / 10New York 6 / 21North Carolina 10 / 45North Dakota 6 / 4Ohio 24 / 80Oklahoma 11 / 20Oregon 1 / 8Pennsylvania 16 / 42Rhode Island 0 / 5South Carolina 6 / 20South Dakota 1 / 6Tennessee 6 / 26Texas 106 / 35Utah 11 / 12Vermont 0 / 3Virginia 33 / 50Washington 9 / 22Washington, DC 0 / 0West Virginia 4 / 3Wisconsin 4 / 45Wyoming 11 / 5
Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.
Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.
The SAVRN reference set
Seven references, one system
Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.
Delay Watchlist
Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.
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Moratorium Tracker
The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.
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Water Tracker
Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.
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Grid Operator Watchlist
ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.
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Permits and Power Development
Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.
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SAVRN Scarcity Tracker
Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.
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