KCK Data Center
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS
Source: Primary source
KCK Data Center is a proposed data center in Wyandotte County, KS.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkProposed data center in Kansas City, KS at site of old coal plant, with potential environmental restoration. Discovered from news coverage and promoted after review; location and details to be enriched from primary sources.
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- Kansas communities can learn from ‘painful lessons’ of data center developments in other statesHPPR· Aug 28, 2026
- Kansas communities can learn from ‘painful’ data center lessons in other states, experts sayKansas Reflector· Aug 27, 2026
- Kansas town drops charges against teacher arrested for clapping during public hearings on data centers — says that ‘case has been dismissed without prejudice’Tom's Hardware· Aug 26, 2026
- Teacher Arrested for Clapping at Kansas Data Center Meeting Has Charges DroppedGadget Review· Aug 25, 2026
- Kansas City developer acquires former Vanguard data center in SomertonNortheast Times· Aug 25, 2026
- Data center opponents are using a unique legal strategy to challenge developmentsThe Business Journals· Aug 25, 2026
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.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Douglass Elem in Kansas City, is 0.5 mi from this site (260 students). 7 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.