Meta Kansas City (Golden Plains)
Kansas City, Platte County County, MO
Source: Primary source
Meta Kansas City (Golden Plains) is an operating data center in Platte County County, MO, operated by Facebook USA, Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkOnline Aug 2025; $1B Northland site, 1.4M sqft, LEED Gold.
Operator chain
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityMeta Kansas City (Golden Plains)
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- Edgerton, Kansas, sues citizens trying to put data center ban before votersKMBC· Aug 20, 2026
- Kansas high school teacher dragged out, arrested for clapping at city meeting over proposed data centerNew York Post· Jul 29, 2026
- Kansas town clears first U.S. DAMAC data center, but residents say fight isn't overThe Cool Down· Jul 26, 2026
- ‘Time is of the essence.’ De Soto wants new rules to regulate data center noiseKansas City Star· Jul 17, 2026
- Kansas’ first hyperscale data center to be twice as big as developers pitchedKansas City Star· Jul 9, 2026
- Top 10 Data Center Projects in the U.S. - July 2026constructconnect.com· Jul 7, 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, Lead Innovation Studio in Kansas City, is 3.2 mi from this 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.