Monday, May 4, 2026
Missouri Data Centers.
Est. 2026 · Independent
Tracking every proposed hyperscale data center across Missouri's 114 counties and St. Louis City.
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About Us

Built by residents, for residents.

We started this site because residents kept finding out about hyperscale data center proposals in Missouri after the rezoning votes were scheduled — sometimes after the city council had already approved billions in industrial revenue bonds. In Festus, officials held secret meetings and called opponents “a sideshow of uneducated people.” In Independence, $150.6 billion in bonds were approved before residents could organize. In Webster County, the county commissioners learned about a proposed data center from Facebook. We built the page we wished existed.

Independent · Non-commercial coverage Last updated May 4, 2026

Who we are

We're Missouri residents — not lawyers, not lobbyists, not journalists by trade. We pay property taxes, raise kids, and worry about water bills like anyone else. When hyperscale data centers started pouring into our state — Google's $10 billion Project Mica in Clay County, Meta's billion-dollar campus, Nebius's $150.6 billion bond deal in Independence, ReLoad's $4 billion proposal in Nodaway County — we couldn't find a single place that tracked all of them with information a regular resident could actually use.

Local newspapers cover individual proposals well, but only when they break. Trade publications write for industry insiders. Activist sites come at the issue from one political angle. County planning department pages assume you already know how to read a Chapter 100 bond ordinance. None of that helps you figure out, in 5 minutes, whether your county is at risk and what you can actually do about it.

That's the gap we're trying to fill.

What we do

  • Track every proposed hyperscale and AI data center across Missouri's 114 counties and St. Louis City
  • Score each county's structural risk based on power, water, land, and current exposure (see our Methodology)
  • Translate state legislation (the Missouri Data Center Sales Tax Exemption program, HJR 173 & 174, Chapter 100 bonds) into plain English
  • Explain the public records, hearing, and Sunshine Law processes Missouri residents have a right to use
  • Maintain a county-by-county map and ranked list so you can find your situation fast

What we don't do

  • We don't lobby for or against data center development
  • We don't take money from developers, advocacy groups, utilities, or government agencies
  • We don't provide legal advice (we always recommend consulting a Missouri-licensed attorney for specific decisions)
  • We don't pretend the issue is simple — there are real economic, environmental, and infrastructure tradeoffs to weigh

Why we keep this anonymous (mostly)

This is a community-run effort. Some of the residents involved live near proposed projects and prefer not to attach their names to county-level reporting that local commissioners and developers will read. That's a personal call for each contributor. The work itself stands on the public records and reporting we cite — every county page links its sources, and our Methodology page explains how every score is calculated. Trust the work, not the byline.

How we fund this

The site is free. The county pages, risk calculator, methodology, and rights guide will always be free. We cover hosting and domain costs out of pocket.

For residents who want to send a personalized opposition letter to their county commissioners — pre-filled with their address, concerns, and the specific project affecting their county — we offer a paid Take Action service. The proceeds cover our research time and infrastructure costs. We are not VC-funded. We have no investors. We answer to nobody but our readers.

Editorial standards

  • Sources first. If we can't cite the public record or a credible news outlet, we don't publish it.
  • Corrections welcome. If you see something wrong on a county page, tell us. We'll verify and correct.
  • No predictions. Our risk score reflects structural conditions developers look for. It is not a prediction that a data center will be built in your county.
  • Plain English. If a resident can't understand what we wrote, we rewrite it.
If you have information about a data center proposal in your county that we haven't covered, please send us a tip. We'd rather over-cover than miss something that affects your home or property values.

What's next

We're adding county pages as new projects surface, expanding the Risk Calculator with additional factors as data becomes available, and tracking the 2026 Missouri legislative session as bills evolve. If you want to be notified when something significant happens in your county, drop us a line — we're working on a county-specific email alert system.