Genome Data Center
222 South Newstead Avenue · Saint Louis, St. Louis County, MO
Source: OpenStreetMap
Genome Data Center is a mapped data center in St. Louis County, MO, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 24,519 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkGenome Data Center is a mapped colocation site in Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, operated by Prime Data Centers. Public records put its footprint at 24,519 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Kirkwood inside the MISO grid, and is noted as a Washington University in St. Louis data center.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentPrime Data Centers
- Files asPrime Data Centers
- This facilityGenome Data Center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.4%
- Coal32.8%
- Solar15.4%
- Nuclear10.2%
- Wind4.1%
- Other2.2%
- Imports0.9%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:05 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- PA governor signs executive order on AI data centers: 'nation’s strictest guardrails'KDNL· Aug 19, 2026
- How data centers in Missouri converted neighbors into activists, from cities to farmsThe Spokesman-Review· Aug 15, 2026
- St. Louis Board of Aldermen Tackles Landmark AI Data Center Regulatory Frameworkstl.news· Jul 7, 2026
- St. Louis budget, data center rules among key items at city hallFirst Alert 4· Jun 22, 2026
- Pritzker to suspend tax breaks for data centers, urging more discussionCapitol City Now· Jun 5, 2026
- How many data centers are in Missouri?FOX4KC.com· May 28, 2026
Data-center discussions in St. Louis County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (St. Louis (Metro-east)), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Atlas Elementary in St.louis, is 0.3 mi from this site (205 students). 8 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.