Armory Midtown Data Center
St. Louis, St. Louis city, MO
Armory Midtown Data Center is a planned data center in St. Louis, MO, with Rod Thomas / Contour named as the developer. Local investor Rod Thomas and Las Vegas-based real estate firm Contour are proposing a $3.1 billion, 487,000-square-foot data center inside the former Famous-Barr warehouse building (partly used by Mers Goodwill) in Midtown St. Louis, with the adjacent Armory building converted to luxury office space for the data center's tenant. Proposed city conditions include water-use controls, opaque fencing, and a requirement the project not be deemed a 'nuisance'; the Board of Public Service delayed its permit vote amid continued negotiation.
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Records and documentation
Missouri state legislation
- Infrastructure Development and Funding Agreement with CRG Acquisition LLCInfrastructure funding and development agreement between the City of Festus and CRG Acquisition LLC for a local data center project.Download
- Armory Innovation Data Center Project – Summary of CBA ProvisionsSummary document of negotiated CBA provisions and conditional-use terms for the Armory Innovation data center project in St. Louis.Download
- HB1005 - Sales/use tax exemption for data center operationsProvides sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.Download
- Ordinance No. 251031Kansas City, Missouri ordinance reclassifying data centers as an industrial use, enacted January 15, 2026.Download
- HB3390 - Creates new provisions related to the construction of data centersDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Rod Thomas / Contour
- County
- St. Louis city, MO
- Address
- St. Louis, MO
- Stage
- Planned
Capacity and size: not on file
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St. Louis wants to build a $3 billion tech hub - but the data center anchoring it is sparking backlashNew York Post
Midtown data center developer sues St. Louis over mandatesSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis becomes the latest battleground in fight over data centersCBS News
St. Louis board to review Midtown data center permitSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Public Schools employee has Legionnaires' diseaseSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Public Schools finds Legionella bacteria in water, shuts down central officeSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis OKs conditional use permit for Armory data centerSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rules for Armory data center in St. Louis call for water control, opaque fencingSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis hearing set for $3B data center near ArmorySt. Louis Post-Dispatch
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