Announced

Proposed 1 GW hyperscale data center in Butler County

Proposed 1 GW hyperscale data center in Butler County is an announced data center project in El Dorado, KS. Rumored data center near El Dorado, Butler County, KS, from community sources (a Facebook event), not confirmed by the developer or local officials. Location approximate (town or county).

Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)

Project status

Announced
Permitting
Under constructionNot yet
OperationalNot yet

Recorded changes

September 25, 2026
Massive data center: What's planned for former Butler County farm
NewsSource: Mechanicsburg Patriot News

Community sentiment

Should this project be built?

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What’s next

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Tuesday, November 3
Election Day
Saturday, October 31KS
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Thursday, November 5KS
Guilford County Comissioners to vote on 180-day data center moratorium on Nov. 5

Latest news

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Records and documentation

Kansas state legislation

SB553 - Data centers and water use consumption reportingLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires water use consumption reporting related to data centers.Download
SB 98 (Data Center Sales Tax Exemption)Legislationfas.orgKansas 2025 law creating a 20-year state and local sales tax exemption for qualifying data centers.Download
Resolution 2026-4 (Moratorium)Moratoriumharveycounty.civicweb.netHarvey 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.Legislationlegiscan.comIn committee Jan 28, 2026Description 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.Legislationlegiscan.comIn committee Mar 4, 2026Description 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.Moratoriumlegiscan.comFailed Mar 10, 2026Description comingDownload

Site details

Operator: Not announced
County: Butler County, KS
Address: El Dorado, KS
Stage: Announced

Capacity and size: not on file

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Photos

Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
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