Data Center Registry

Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy)

Franklin County, Missouri · All 4 Beltline Energy sites

PermittedContestedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) is a permitted data center in Missouri (Franklin County), operated by Beltline Energy (BLE Landholdings, LLC). The public record puts it at announced January 2026, 500 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator: Beltline Energy (BLE Landholdings, LLC)
Facility type: Data center
Location: Phelan Road / Highway O, south of the Meramec River, Franklin County, MO
Coordinates: 38.4385, -90.7502 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 500 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: January 2026
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
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.

September 15, 2026
Permitted
Franklin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning for the Beltline Energy project south of Pacific along Highway O. Beltline had withdrawn only its separate City of Pacific PUD application on Aug. 7, 2026, and said it would pursue the project with Franklin County. Source: Spectrum News
January 2026
Proposed
Beltline Energy presented a 500-acre, up-to-16-building, up-to-$16B campus off Highway O south of the Meramec River to the Pacific Board of Aldermen. Source: St. Louis Magazine

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) in Franklin County, Missouri is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Heavy organized opposition (Pacific ROOT Coalition, Franklin County Rural Coalition) over wells, the Meramec River corridor, noise and a conflict-of-interest allegation (a landowner sat on county P&Z).

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.

Heavy organized opposition (Pacific ROOT Coalition, Franklin County Rural Coalition) over wells, the Meramec River corridor, noise and a conflict-of-interest allegation (a landowner sat on county P&Z). The County Commission approved the rezoning unanimously over that opposition.

Source: Spectrum News

Power and water

Developer proposes cooling with treated effluent (gray water) from Pacific's wastewater treatment plant rather than groundwater, and would fund about $15M of plant upgrades. Community-hired experts estimated cooling needs near 1 million gallons per day.

Notes on the record

Also reported as the 'Crooked Creek' farm proposal and the 'Beltline Energy Project'. About 500 acres off Highway O south of the Meramec River, in unincorporated Franklin County outside Pacific's city limits. St. Louis Magazine reported a presentation of up to 16 buildings, 'up to a $16 billion total investment', and a project that, per Beltline partner Ryan Sanders, 'could draw as much as 1.2 Gigawatts if fully developed'. These are ceilings and a projected electric draw, not firm figures, so no planned capacity or investment figure is recorded. Jobs as presented: about 1,000 construction jobs per year over eight years and 360-500 full-time jobs (a range, so not structured). Franklin County P&Z recommended denial in April 2026. Beltline withdrew its City of Pacific PUD/annexation application on Aug. 7, 2026, after Pacific adopted a one-year moratorium, then pursued county rezoning, which the County Commission approved on Sept. 15, 2026. A Baxtel listing calls the project 'withdrawn'; it conflates the city withdrawal with the county track and is not relied on. Coordinates are the OSM point for Phelan Road (Baxtel lists 684 Phelan Rd), a road-level approximation, not a parcel centroid.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

Diamond Farms (Gateway Digital Campus) · Villa Ridge · Provident Data Centers6 mi · Permitted
Festus Data Center Campus · Festus · CRG (Clayco)24 mi · Proposed · 600 MW · In litigation
Hematite Bitcoin Mining Facility · Hematite · NYDIG / Global Connect Communications25 mi · Permitted
TierPoint St. Louis - Millpark · Maryland Heights · TierPoint26 mi · Operating
Project Cumulus (St. Charles) · St. Charles · CRG Cumulus (CRG, Clayco's development arm)28 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
Foristell I-70 Data Center Site (216-acre annexation) · Foristell · Undisclosed developer28 mi · Proposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) data center in Franklin County, Missouri?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) data center?

No lawsuit over Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) appears in the record we track as of October 28, 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 Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy), and how big is it?

Beltline Energy (BLE Landholdings, LLC) is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 500 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meramec Valley Technology Park (Beltline Energy)," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/beltline-meramec-valley-technology-park-pacific-mo.

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/beltline-meramec-valley-technology-park-pacific-mo, 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.Data centers approved by Franklin County Commissioners in Tuesday vote · First Alert 4 (KMOV) · retrieved October 13, 2026
2.Franklin County commissioners approve rezoning for Beltline and Gateway Digital Campus data centers · Spectrum News · retrieved October 13, 2026
3.Beltline withdraws rezoning application, still committed to data center project · The Missourian · retrieved October 13, 2026
4.Pacific residents push back on $16B data center pitched for their slice of Franklin County · St. Louis Magazine · retrieved October 13, 2026
5.Pacific erupts over $16 billion data center · Hoodline · retrieved October 13, 2026
6.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: Phelan Road, Franklin County, Missouri · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 13, 2026

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