Data Center Registry

Project Catalyst (Osawatomie)

Osawatomie, Miami County County, Kansas

ProposedContestedRecord updated October 21, 2026

Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) is a proposed data center in Osawatomie, Kansas (Miami County County), operated by Alcove Development. The public record puts it at announced February 2026, 500 MW planned, 283 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Alcove Development
Facility type: Data center
Location: Osawatomie, Miami County County, KS
Coordinates: 38.5016, -94.9522 (approximate)
Power capacity: 500 MW planned
Land: 283 acres
Investment: $1 billion
Announced: February 2026
Utility: Evergy
Cooling: air
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 90 permanent
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

May 29, 2026
Proposed
City announced partnership and pre-development agreement with Alcove for a 500+ MW campus on 283 acres Source: KCTV5

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) in Osawatomie, Miami County County, Kansas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Hundreds attended the council meeting to oppose the project.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Hundreds attended the council meeting to oppose the project.

Source: KSHB 41

Power and water

Officials say all new transmission, substation and generation infrastructure will be funded by the project under Evergy's large load tariff.

Fully air-cooled design; day-to-day water use limited to restrooms and hand-washing per officials.

Notes on the record

283-acre site inside Osawatomie city limits. The capacity is reported as '500+ MW'. Coordinates are the city centroid, which is approximate. Residents report that the agenda referenced a natural gas power plant and easement.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled · Ottawa · Lightfield Energy LLC17 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
DAMAC Digital Logistics Park Data Center · Edgerton · DAMAC Digital Solutions Kansas, LLC18 mi · Permitted · In litigation
DAMAC Digital Heartland Data Center (Project Heartland) · Edgerton · DAMAC Digital Solutions Kansas LLC19 mi · Permitted · Contested
Beale Infrastructure Gardner Campus · Gardner · Beale Infrastructure21 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
QTS New Century Commerce Center (Building B1) · New Century · QTS Data Centers23 mi · Proposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) data center in Osawatomie?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) data center?

No lawsuit over Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) appears in the record we track as of October 21, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Catalyst (Osawatomie) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as air, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Project Catalyst (Osawatomie), and how big is it?

Alcove Development is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 500 MW. The site is recorded at 283 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Catalyst (Osawatomie)," updated October 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/alcove-project-catalyst-osawatomie-ks.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/alcove-project-catalyst-osawatomie-ks, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Osawatomie moves forward with 500-megawatt data center campus · KCTV5 · retrieved October 21, 2026
2.Project Catalyst data center developer in Osawatomie offers update · KSHB 41 · retrieved October 21, 2026

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