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Metrobloks MCI-A Kansas City (Old Hughes Road, Cass County)

Kansas City, Clay County, MO

Plans have been filed for Metrobloks MCI-A Kansas City (Old Hughes Road, Cass County), a data center in Kansas City, MO. The project is sized at 87 MW with an estimated investment of $1.4 billion. Metrobloks' MCI-A is a planned 87 MW, ~568,800 sq ft Tier III-equivalent hyperscale/AI facility at 2515 Old Hughes Road in the Cass County portion of Kansas City, served by Evergy, with expected completion June 2029 and ~$1.4B investment. Separate from Metrobloks' 150 MW Liberty campus in Clay County. (Source dated 2026-07-17.).

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Missouri state legislation

Infrastructure Development and Funding Agreement with CRG Acquisition LLCCommunity benefits agreementfas.orgInfrastructure 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 ProvisionsCommunity benefits agreementfas.orgSummary 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 operationsLegislationdatacenterbans.comProvides sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.Download
Ordinance No. 251031Ordinanceclerk.kcmo.govKansas 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 centersLegislationlegiscan.comIn committee May 15, 2026Description comingDownload

Site details

Operator: Metrobloks
County: Clay County, MO
Capacity: 87 MW
Address: Kansas City, MO
Stage: Planned

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