MO — State Policy Updated 2026-07-17

Missouri

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1) Incentive programs

State-level, data-center-specific incentive

  • Data Center Sales/Use Tax Exemption: Missouri provides a state and local sales/use tax exemption on certain purchases for eligible data storage centers under RSMo §144.810 and the Department of Economic Development (DED) program. Missouri Revisor, 2026-06-10; Missouri DED, 2026-06-10
  • 2026 program status: The regular session ended without enacting a data-center-specific bill, so no 2026 law modified or repealed §144.810. DED continued to list the exemption program and March 16, 2026 application and annual-report forms as of July 17. KSMU, 2026-06-29; Missouri DED, 2026-07-17
  • Rejected repeal initiative: Initiative Petition 2026-149 would have repealed §144.810 for future applicants, but the Secretary of State lists it as rejected. The associated Department of Revenue fiscal response estimated that $786,490,250 had already been exempted from state and local sales tax and another $1,612,506,125 was eligible for exemption in future years; approved projects would have retained their existing benefits. Missouri Secretary of State, 2026-07-17; Missouri State Auditor fiscal-note file, 2026-04-08
  • 2026 project use: DED stated that Metrobloks’ announced Liberty project will benefit from the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program. Missouri DED, 2026-03-24

State/local incentives not specific to data centers but commonly used

  • Chapter 100 (industrial development) abatements/bonds: Chapter 100 structures allow local property tax abatement and state/local sales tax exemptions through city/county ownership and leaseback arrangements; eligibility and terms are negotiated locally, with DED certification for sales tax treatment. Missouri DED, 2026-06-10
  • Local incentive debate: 2026 controversies centered less on creating new statewide incentives and more on whether local Chapter 100 abatements and bonds should be used for hyperscale projects. Independence approved Chapter 100 tax abatement for Nebius on March 2. Warrenton approved Crusoe a 20-year, 75% personal-property abatement on April 14 while retaining full real-property taxation. On June 8, Montgomery County unanimously approved Google’s 25-year Chapter 100 package: full real-property taxes, a 70% personal-property abatement, and up to $100B in taxable industrial-revenue bonds. St. Louis’ Armory framework says the developer will not seek local tax abatement incentives for the data center or Armory buildings. City of Independence, 2026-06-10; First Alert 4, 2026-04-14; KBIA, 2026-06-11; City of St. Louis, 2026-04-21
  • Pending St. Louis incentive prohibition: Board Bill 55 would prohibit City tax incentives for data centers. It cleared committee June 30 and was placed on the informal calendar at perfection July 10, but had not received final passage by July 17. City of St. Louis Board Bill 55, 2026-07-10

Primary sources (incentives)

2) Restrictions and moratoriums

State-level

  • DNR data center review and EO 26-02: Governor Kehoe’s Executive Order 26-02 directed DNR, in collaboration with the Public Service Commission (PSC), to investigate energy regulations and infrastructure planning for AI-supporting data centers; ratepayer protection, energy-needs assessment, and natural-resource management findings are due to the Governor’s Office by November 30, 2026. Missouri Secretary of State, 2026-01-13; Missouri DNR, 2026-06-10
  • State Energy Plan deadline: DNR says it is developing a State Energy Plan due September 1, 2026 and that data-center demand—the expected main driver of future load growth—will be forecast under multiple modeled scenarios. Missouri DNR, 2026-07-17
  • Air permitting: Data centers may need DNR air construction and operating permits for backup diesel generators or on-site generation, depending on potential emissions. Missouri DNR, 2026-06-10
  • Water withdrawal reporting and regulatory gap: Entities capable of withdrawing 100,000 gallons/day must register and report annual withdrawals, but DNR says Missouri does not regulate data centers specifically and imposes no water-quantity or use restrictions beyond out-of-state exports and major-user reporting. Missouri DNR, 2026-07-17
  • 2026 statewide restrictions proposed but not enacted: Missouri enacted no data-center-specific bill in the 2026 regular session. HB 2239, HB 3362, HB 3364, HB 3369, HB 3390, SB 1730, SB 1750, and SB 1790 all died without final passage; none reached the Governor or a veto decision. KSMU, 2026-06-29; Missouri House HB 3369 text, 2026-05-15; Missouri Senate SB 1790 status, 2026-02-26

Local-level moratoriums / zoning restrictions (examples)

  • City of St. Charles permanent ban (May 2026): St. Charles moved from a 2025 one-year moratorium to a zoning ban after the City Council voted 7-1 on May 19, 2026, to define data centers in the zoning code and make them ineligible for permitting or conditional use in any city zoning district. First Alert 4, 2026-05-19
  • City of Columbia administrative delay / moratorium (May 2026): Columbia’s B121-26 proposed an administrative delay on accepting or processing applications for new or expanded data center facilities, and city staff’s memo said the one-year pause was intended to allow use-specific standards, conditional-use criteria, and community engagement; KBIA reported that Columbia placed a moratorium preventing new data centers until May 2027. City of Columbia Council Memo, 2026-05-04; City of Columbia Legistar, 2026-05-18; KBIA, 2026-06-05
  • Camden County data-center ordinance (Apr. 2026): Camden County adopted Ordinance 04-24-2026 regulating data centers in unincorporated areas, including CUP/development-agreement requirements by size class, utility-service and on-site-generation showings for larger facilities, rainwater/closed-loop cooling rules, setbacks and noise controls, daily penalties, and a local bar on tax incentives, property-tax abatements, and special taxing districts for data centers. Camden County Ordinance 04-24-2026, 2026-04-24
  • City of St. Louis conditional-use framework (Apr. 2026): The Board of Public Service unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the old Famous-Barr warehouse data center, but attached conditions covering closed-loop/air-cooled chilling, water cost-of-service treatment, e-waste recycling, wastewater compliance, at least 50% renewable load within five years, PUE requirements, generator testing limits, battery backup, rooftop heat mitigation, public tenant disclosure, and decommissioning. City of St. Louis, 2026-04-21
  • City of St. Louis citywide rules (pending): After the Planning Commission approved PDA-003-26-ZTX on June 10, Board Bill 49 was introduced June 18, amended in committee, recommended “do pass” on July 7, and received second reading July 10; it had not reached final passage by July 17. Separate Board Bill 48 would require data-center environmental monitoring and reporting, but remained held in committee after its June 23 hearing. City of St. Louis Board Bill 49, 2026-07-10; City of St. Louis Board Bill 48, 2026-06-23
  • City of St. Louis moratorium attempt failed (Feb. 2026): A February 13 procedural vote to introduce Board Bill 172, which would have paused new and expanded data-center permits for up to one year or until citywide regulations were adopted, failed to obtain the required ten votes. The later Board Bills 48, 49, and 55 therefore proceeded without an interim citywide pause. FOX 2 via Yahoo, 2026-02-13
  • St. Louis County zoning-code review (May 2026): St. Louis County opened a proactive zoning-code review for data centers and held a May 11 Planning Commission public hearing to receive initial comment; county officials said no data-center proposal was pending, but the county zoning ordinance did not yet define or list data centers as a specific land use. St. Louis County, 2026-06-10; Spectrum News, 2026-05-12
  • Jackson County moratorium enacted; permanent framework pending (June-July 2026): The County Legislature adopted Ordinance 6074 by 8-0 on June 22, imposing a 180-day moratorium on rezoning, CUP/SUP, site-plan, and building-permit processing for data centers and battery-energy-storage facilities in unincorporated Jackson County; the ordinance becomes effective upon the County Executive’s signature. A separate, broader Ordinance 6087 was withdrawn June 8 rather than enacted. Resolution 22323, introduced June 22 to direct preparation of a permanent siting, utility-impact, environmental, safety, and public-participation framework, remained in committee at its “6th Meeting” stage after July 14 and had not been adopted by July 17. Jackson County Ordinance 6074, 2026-06-22; Jackson County Ordinance 6087, 2026-06-08; Jackson County Resolution 22323, 2026-07-14
  • Stone County moratorium activity (June 2026): The Stone County Planning & Zoning agenda for June 2, 2026, included a vote on a resolution for a temporary moratorium on solar, wind, battery energy storage, and data centers to allow zoning-regulation amendments; Springfield News-Leader social posts reported a year-long data-center moratorium. Stone County Planning & Zoning agenda, 2026-06-02; Springfield News-Leader via X, 2026-06-09
  • Webster County moratorium enacted (June 2026): On June 16 the County Commission adopted a six-month moratorium in unincorporated Webster County covering data centers, solar, wind, and battery storage while it studies public-health, emergency-response, stormwater, noise, water/electric-use, property, and infrastructure impacts. The order does not halt the Rifle Range Road data center already under construction. Webster County Commission, 2026-06-16
  • Camdenton one-year moratorium (May 2026): The Camdenton Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted a one-year pause on data-center approvals within city limits. ABC 17, 2026-05-05
  • Fenton zoning definition and use exclusions (April 2026): Ordinance 4633 created a specific data-center definition and expressly excluded data centers from the city’s financial-institution, heavy-industrial, light-industrial, research-center, and warehouse definitions. The ordinance cites the city’s desire for more information before allowing the use; it did not create a district in which data centers are affirmatively allowed. City of Fenton Ordinance 4633, 2026-04-23
  • Springfield 120-day pause (June 2026): The City Council approved a 120-day moratorium on June 29 while staff studies potential impacts and develops a public-interest evaluation framework. KY3 via AOL, 2026-06-30
  • Independence 180-day moratorium (July 2026): The City Council approved a 180-day pause on new data-center and battery-storage applications and permits on July 6. Projects already submitted, authorized, or approved—including Nebius—are excluded. City of Independence, 2026-07-06
  • Neosho one-year moratorium (July 2026): The City Council unanimously approved Resolution 2026-20, a one-year moratorium on data-center applications, on July 7. City of Neosho agenda, 2026-07-07; Nexstar via AOL, 2026-07-08
  • St. Charles County six-month moratorium (July 2026): The County Council adopted a six-month countywide moratorium on July 13 for large-scale data centers—defined as more than 5 MW, more than 100,000 square feet, or a multi-building campus—while officials study public-health, environmental, and infrastructure effects. St. Charles County, 2026-07-06; First Alert 4, 2026-07-14
  • St. Joseph administrative pause (July 2026): Following withdrawal of the Pickett Road proposal, the City Council agreed July 13 to stop accepting new data-center applications while outside assistance is obtained to update the zoning code. KQ2, 2026-07-13
  • Marion County moratorium (reported July 2026): County officials reported that a data-center construction moratorium was in place while a task force develops guidelines; Palmyra and Hannibal officials said no data-center project was then proposed in either city. WGEM, 2026-07-15
  • Newton County moratorium proposal (pending): A June 22 Missouri Senate notice said Newton County Commissioners were considering a proposed data-center moratorium and that residents and officials would discuss the proposal, transmission lines, and property rights at a June 25 community meeting. No final county order was identified by July 17. Missouri Senate, 2026-06-22
  • Rolla moratorium drafting request (June 2026): The City Council unanimously directed staff to prepare data-center moratorium options, but no enacted Rolla moratorium was identified by July 17. KBIA, 2026-06-29
  • Joplin standards tabled (July 2026): The City Council voted 9-0 on July 6 to return proposed data-center use standards to the Planning and Zoning Commission for stronger wastewater, generator, utility-rate, and enforcement provisions. The council discussed but did not adopt an interim moratorium, leaving the standards pending as of July 17. City of Joplin Case 019-26, 2026-07-17; KZRG, 2026-07-07
  • Ava proposed moratorium (pending): Ava’s Board of Aldermen gave first reading to Ordinance 1173 on June 9, proposing a one-year moratorium on data centers and related high-density computing uses, but delayed the second reading for public input. The board continued review June 23; no final adoption was identified by July 17. Douglas County Herald, 2026-06-19; Ozark Radio News, 2026-07-04
  • Foristell annexation path (Feb.-Mar. 2026): Foristell officials considered and then moved forward with annexing 216 acres tied to possible data-center development, with residents opposing the proposal and the city still needing later zoning/project approvals. Mound City Messenger, 2026-02-20; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2026-03-17

Primary sources (restrictions/moratoriums)

3) Local governance / preemption

Primary sources (local governance)

4) Legislative activity (2024–2026)

Utility / grid policy relevant to large data centers

  • 2025 SB 4 (Missouri): Signed into law April 9, 2025, reforming utility regulation and requiring PSC large-load rates that reflect large-load customers’ cost share and prevent unjust or unreasonable cost shifts to other customers. Governor of Missouri, 2025-04-09; Missouri PSC, 2026-06-10
  • PSC large-load tariffs: Ameren Missouri and Evergy have approved large-load tariffs; Liberty’s ET-2026-0184 remained in progress as of July 17. EFIS lists the approved Evergy and Ameren dockets as “Reopened (6/30/2026)” because Sierra Club counsel filed notices of withdrawal that day; the reopenings did not vacate or amend the tariff-approval orders. Missouri PSC, 2026-07-17; Missouri PSC EFIS EO-2025-0154, 2026-07-17; Missouri PSC EFIS ET-2025-0184, 2026-07-17; Missouri PSC EFIS ET-2026-0184, 2026-07-17
  • Evergy Missouri Metro general rate case (pending): Evergy’s open ER-2026-0143 case requests a 14.9%, $137.9 million increase, about $17.70/month for the average residential customer. Evergy says the request includes no costs to serve new data centers and was reduced by $25 million based on projected 2026 large-load revenue; those are utility positions awaiting PSC adjudication. Evergy, 2026-02-06; Missouri PSC EFIS ER-2026-0143, 2026-07-17
  • Ameren general rate case (pending): Ameren filed ER-2026-0291 on June 26 seeking approximately $343 million in additional annual electric base-rate revenue, about $13/month for an average residential customer. The PSC suspended the tariff on July 8 for review through no later than June 1, 2027; the filing is not a decided data-center cost-allocation ruling. Missouri PSC, 2026-07-01; Missouri PSC EFIS, 2026-07-08
  • 2026 EO 26-02: The Governor directed DNR and PSC to review energy regulations, utility practices, ratepayer protection, and future energy needs tied to AI infrastructure and data centers, with findings due November 30, 2026. Missouri Secretary of State, 2026-01-13

2026 regular session outcomes

  • HB 2239 (Murray) — Artificial Intelligence Data Center Environmental Accountability Act: Would have applied to AI-optimized data centers at or above 100 MW and required closed-loop or comparably low-water cooling, continuous water/discharge monitoring, annual DNR reporting, and penalties; it died after May 15, 2026 referral to Emerging Issues and never reached the House calendar. Missouri House HB 2239 status, 2026-05-15; Missouri House HB 2239 summary, 2026-05-15
  • HB 3362 (Costlow) and HB 3364 (Costlow) — industrial utility users: The paired bills would have required electric tariffs for projected annual peak demand above 50 MW, water tariffs for users above 2 million gallons/day or 80% of system capacity, load-shedding plans, and DNR major-industrial-water-user permits above 2 million gallons/day; both had public hearings completed on March 30, 2026, but did not advance to final passage. Missouri House HB3362 status, 2026-06-10; Missouri House HB3362 summary, 2026-06-10; Missouri House HB3364 status, 2026-06-10; Missouri House HB3364 summary, 2026-06-10
  • HB 3369 (Murray) — St. Louis data-center pause: Would have paused acceptance, processing, or approval of applications for new or expanded data centers in the City of St. Louis until August 28, 2027, while grandfathering applications submitted before August 28, 2026; it died after referral to Emerging Issues on May 15. Missouri House HB 3369 status, 2026-05-15; Missouri House HB 3369 text, 2026-03-02
  • HB 3390 (Cupps) — hyperscale siting and incentive limits: Would have defined hyperscale data centers at 25 MW or more, restricted siting near specified land uses and waters, created a state siting board, barred public utilities from recovering hyperscale construction impact fees from residential/small-commercial customers, prohibited government economic incentives for hyperscale data centers, and required major-industrial-water-user permits above 2.4 million gallons/day; it died after May 15 referral to Emerging Issues. Missouri House HB 3390 status, 2026-05-15; Missouri House HB 3390 introduced text, 2026-03-02
  • SB 1750 (McCreery) — large-load electric customers: Would have lowered the large-load tariff threshold for large investor-owned utilities from 100 MW to 50 MW, required large-load facility disclosures before utility contracts, made disclosures public, required pre- and post-construction studies, barred cost shifting to other classes, required low-income ratepayer contributions after operation, and required emergency curtailment systems for some facilities; it died in the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee after referral on May 7. Missouri Senate SB 1750 status, 2026-05-07; Missouri Senate SB 1750 summary, 2026-05-07
  • SB 1730 (Henderson) — Missouri Technology Corporation / Innovation Endowment Fund: Would have established an Innovation Endowment Fund funded in part by 0.5% of data storage center project costs over 20 years, reduced to 0.25% for data storage centers with at least 10,000 square feet devoted to workforce/economic development, small-business incubator, and research space; it died in the Senate Economic and Workforce Development Committee after referral on May 7. Missouri Senate SB 1730 status, 2026-05-07; Missouri Senate SB 1730 summary, 2026-05-07
  • SB 1790 (Bean) — immediate property-tax levy rollback: Would have required taxing jurisdictions to reduce their levy as soon as data-center property entered the tax base, spreading the resulting reduction among existing taxpayers; it received only first reading on February 26 and died without committee referral. Missouri Senate SB 1790 status, 2026-02-26
  • Final session result: None of these proposals passed either chamber; the regular session therefore produced no data-center-specific enactment, repeal, moratorium, reporting mandate, or incentive change. KSMU, 2026-06-29
  • HB 3231 data-center transparency amendment defeated: During Senate consideration of the broader economic-development bill, Amendment 6321S11.01S would have prohibited public bodies from entering nondisclosure agreements that conceal public benefits offered to data storage centers, while preserving trade-secret and closed-record protection. The Senate defeated the amendment May 13, so the data-center provision was not included in the final bill signed by the Governor. Missouri Senate amendment text, 2026-05-13; Missouri Senate amendment status, 2026-05-13; Missouri Senate HB 3231 status and final summary, 2026-07-17
  • Post-session framework, special-session request, and interim hearing: On May 29, Rep. Tricia Byrnes announced a not-yet-filed framework for a future “Missouri Data Center Community Accountability Act” focused on transparency, local decision-making, and independent review before long-term project agreements. Sixteen House members separately asked Governor Kehoe in late June to call a data-center special session, but no special session had been called by July 17. The House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs instead scheduled an interim hearing for September 16; these were proposals and oversight steps, not 2026 enactments. Missouri House of Representatives, 2026-05-29; Missouri Independent, 2026-07-02; KBIA, 2026-06-24
  • Fiscal notes for HB 3362/HB 3364: The March 30 fiscal notes estimated General Revenue costs that could exceed $1.207 million in FY2027, $1.416 million in FY2028, and $1.444 million in FY2029, largely tied to DNR staffing, IT, hydrologic monitoring, and water-capacity analysis for the proposed permit program. Missouri House fiscal note HB3362, 2026-03-30; Missouri House fiscal note HB3364, 2026-03-30

Primary sources (legislative / regulatory activity)

5) Notable projects & operators

  • Meta — Kansas City: Meta’s Kansas City data center is online and was serving traffic as of August 20, 2025; Meta described the campus as a $1B+ investment. Meta, 2025-08-20
  • Edged Data Centers — Kansas City (Edged KC): Opened a new facility with $143M+ investment in December 2024. Missouri DED, 2024-12-18
  • Mastercard — O’Fallon (St. Louis Tech Hub): Mastercard describes the O’Fallon campus as built around the company’s largest data center worldwide. Mastercard, 2025-05-06
  • Google / Project Mica — Kansas City Northland: Google confirmed in February 2026 that it is behind Project Mica, a second Kansas City-area campus; Port KC describes the project as nearly 500 acres, five hyperscale buildings, 1.56 million square feet, and nearly 700 MW, with up to $10B in taxable revenue bonds and major property/sales tax exemptions. KSHB, 2026-02-13; Port KC, 2026-06-10
  • Google — New Florence / Montgomery County: Google announced a $15B New Florence infrastructure and data center investment on May 20, 2026, with thousands of construction jobs, hundreds of direct long-term operational roles, a $20M Energy Impact Fund, and air-cooling intended to limit water use. Governor of Missouri, 2026-05-20
  • Amazon — Montgomery City / Montgomery County: Amazon formally announced a $10B campus on June 15, superseding an earlier $35B description in local coverage and exceeding the $8.5B minimum in the December 2025 incentive framework. The announced project is expected to create 400 direct jobs and thousands of construction jobs; Amazon says it will pay 100% of electric-service and grid-connection costs with no electric-rate incentive or discount. An accompanying agricultural partnership is projected to reduce regional irrigation withdrawals by 100 million gallons annually. Missouri DED, 2026-06-15; First Alert 4, 2026-05-20; KBIA, 2025-12-19
  • Metrobloks — Liberty: Metrobloks announced a $1.4B Liberty campus with 568,800 square feet across three buildings, at least 30 jobs averaging $95,649, hundreds of construction jobs, and a low-water-use design; DED said the project will use the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program. City of Liberty, 2026-03-24; Missouri DED, 2026-03-24
  • Nebius — Independence: Nebius broke ground May 12, 2026, on a multi-building AI factory on roughly 400 acres in eastern Independence, calling it its first U.S. gigawatt-scale digital infrastructure project; the City FAQ says the campus may include up to four buildings, approximately 2.5 million square feet, at least 800 MW of power from a privately financed facility at the retired Blue Valley Power Plant, and phased construction over three to five years. Nebius, 2026-05-12; City of Independence, 2026-06-10
  • Armory / Famous-Barr — St. Louis: The City approved the conditional use permit on April 21, 2026, with operational, environmental, and community-benefit conditions; the city estimates 200 full-time jobs and $432.3M in tax revenue over 10 years. City of St. Louis, 2026-04-21
  • CRG / Festus: Festus approved a development agreement with CRG for a proposed $6B data center in March. After litigation and sustained opposition, CRG published a scaled-back concept on June 30 reducing the design from 12 two-story buildings to four one-story buildings, increasing setbacks and the voluntary buyout offer; the investment claim remained $6B and legal/political challenges continued. City of Festus, 2026-03-20; First Alert 4, 2026-06-30
  • Crusoe — Callaway County proposal: Crusoe unveiled a proposed $4.5B, 200-acre campus near Kingdom City in July. The early-stage plan calls for two roughly 800,000-square-foot, 204 MW buildings with the campus capped at 500 MW; local utility and water approvals and tax-abatement negotiations remained pending. Jefferson City News Tribune, 2026-07-15; ABC 17, 2026-07-14
  • Capstone / St. Joseph withdrawn: Capstone Technology Campus withdrew its annexation and rezoning applications for 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road on June 26. The July 16 town hall and July 23 Planning Commission consideration were canceled; any revival requires new applications. City of St. Joseph, 2026-06-26
  • Lambda / Project Blitz financing withdrawn, facility commissioning continued: Lambda voluntarily withdrew its Port KC bond application for an AI-factory conversion near Kansas City International Airport in early June, ending the pending Port KC incentive request. The underlying Blitz/Airworld facility was not canceled: an April 15 DNR determination said engineering, procurement, and construction work was ending, turnover to the owners was near, and commissioning was scheduled to begin June 1, although full Evergy power was not expected until late summer. DNR concurred that temporary portable engines used to bridge the power gap would qualify as nonroad engines if they remained on site less than 12 months. Missouri DNR, 2026-04-15; KSHB, 2026-06-04
  • Wildwood Ranch — Joplin: On February 17 the City Council approved annexing and rezoning roughly 600.4 acres for heavy industrial use associated with a potential data center. Opponents’ referendum effort fell short in March. As of the city’s March 6 update, no construction-permit application had been submitted and the developer was conducting an electric-power feasibility study; the project had not advanced to construction approval by July 17. City of Joplin, 2026-03-06; KZRG, 2026-03-18
  • Crusoe — Warrenton: Warrenton lists Kimley-Horn’s applications as approved for Crusoe’s 337.17-acre data center north of North West Service Road and west of Highway W, with two 805,000-square-foot data center buildings and a 40,000-square-foot administration building. The Board of Aldermen voted 4-2 on April 14 for a 20-year, 75% personal-property abatement while retaining full real-property taxation; Crusoe described first- and second-phase construction targets of 2027 and 2028. City of Warrenton, 2026-06-10; First Alert 4, 2026-04-14
  • Webster County / Marshfield area: Webster County said a data center project was under construction on Rifle Range Road north and east of Marshfield and that the county had contacted DNR and the Missouri Department of Conservation for information on potential impacts. Webster County Commission, 2026-05-21
  • Nodaway County / ReLoad proposal: KXCV reported that ReLoad’s proposed Nodaway County project would be a $4B investment with multiple buildings around 1 million square feet each; residents said they learned of the project with little public notice. KXCV, 2026-03-11
  • Franklin County proposals: Franklin County’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval for the Gateway/Diamond Farms proposal near Gray Summit and recommended against the Beltline proposal near Pacific, but both still required County Commission action. Data Center Dynamics, 2026-04-23; Gateway Digital Campus, 2026-06-10
  • Amazon / Project Green environmental review: DNR posted Amazon’s March 14 application for a federally enforceable air-construction permit for the New Florence facility, centered on diesel-fired emergency generators; DNR still listed the application as pending on July 17. DNR separately opened public comment July 2-August 3 on a tentative antidegradation determination for the proposed Project Green domestic wastewater discharge; an operating permit will receive a later public notice. Missouri DNR air-permit application, 2026-03-14; Missouri DNR pending air permits, 2026-07-17; Missouri DNR, 2026-07-02

Primary sources (projects)

Research notes / gaps