K-200 Data Center site (9815 Evening Star Road)
De Soto, Johnson County, KS
A new data center, K-200 Data Center site (9815 Evening Star Road), has been announced in De Soto, KS. Rumored (land marketed). Midwest CRE Advisors is marketing the 'K-200 Data Center' site at 9815 Evening Star Road (Eudora address, annexed and zoned in De Soto), 120 acres expandable to 200, next to Evergy's new substation and advertising up to 500 MW of bridge power within 18 months; no buyer or end user has been reported. The site sits near the Douglas County line, where residents have organized against future data centers. About 120 acres. About 500 MW. Not confirmed by the developer or local officials; location approximate. Sources: https://platform.reverecre.com/project/9fbc084f-ce19-45a4-9ff9-bcfc53f51a4f https://lawrencekstimes.com/2026/06/23/data-center-watchdogs-mtg/.
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Kansas state legislation
- SB553 - Data centers and water use consumption reportingRequires water use consumption reporting related to data centers.Download
- SB 98 (Data Center Sales Tax Exemption)Kansas 2025 law creating a 20-year state and local sales tax exemption for qualifying data centers.Download
- Resolution 2026-4 (Moratorium)Harvey County, Kansas resolution imposing a data center development moratorium, January 13, 2026.Download
- SB400 - Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption.Description comingDownload
- SB526 - Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.Description comingDownload
- SB531 - Prohibiting the development or operation of any new large load data center in a county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Johnson County, KS
- Address
- De Soto, KS
- Stage
- Announced
Capacity and size: not on file
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Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
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