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Project Kestrel (Shenandoah Computing LLC) — KCI 29 Logistics Park

Shenandoah Computing LLC (Google affiliate per some reports) plans Project Kestrel (Shenandoah Computing LLC) — KCI 29 Logistics Park, a data center in Kansas City, MO. Shenandoah Computing LLC plans six hyperscale data center buildings (up to 1.8M sq ft) on ~379-430 acres in Hunt Midwest's KCI 29 Logistics Park north of KCI airport, with an Evergy substation. Port KC approved a Chapter 100-style plan with a 35-year property tax exemption on Aug 28, 2025 and authorized conduit bonds of up to $100B. Some trackers attribute the project to Google; not confirmed by primary sources. Phase 1 slated to start 2026; Platte County's presiding commissioner opposed the tax package. (Source dated 2025-08-28.).

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Announced Aug 26, 2025
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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: Shenandoah Computing LLC (Google affiliate per some reports)
County: Platte County, MO
Address: Kansas City, MO
Stage: Planned

Capacity and size: not on file

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Aerial imageryAerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)
Who pays for data center power? Missouri faces a major testSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
This bill would make data centers pay their own way for powerSalt Lake City Deseret News