Data Center Registry
Festus Data Center Campus
Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri
Festus Data Center Campus is a permitted data center in Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County), operated by CRG (Clayco). The public record puts it at announced March 30, 2026, 600 MW planned, 360 acres, a reported $6 billion investment. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
What our reporting adds
Our case file documents this site. Pending, filed April 2026. The base record carries no reception; the case record sets it to litigation.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- CRG (Clayco)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- North of Highway 67, west of Highway CC, Festus, Jefferson County, MO
- Coordinates
- 38.2192, -90.3990 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 600 MW planned
- Land
- 360 acres
- Investment
- $6 billion
- Announced
- March 30, 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 200 permanent; 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- In litigation
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Festus Data Center Campus in Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Pending, filed April 2026.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.
Pending, filed April 2026. A $6 billion data center development by CRG.
Notes on the record
Festus City Council approved a development-agreement ordinance 6-2 on 2026-03-30 covering a refined ~600MW, four-building conceptual plan on 360 rezoned acres (188 acres permanently preserved). Two active lawsuits seek to invalidate the rezoning/development agreement; no end-user tenant has been publicly named and construction has not started as of this session.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Our reporting on this site
- Festus, Missouri · Active litigation
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Festus Data Center Campus in Festus?
Yes. Festus Data Center Campus in Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Pending, filed April 2026.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Festus Data Center Campus?
Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.
How much water does Festus Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Festus Data Center Campus 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 Festus Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
CRG (Clayco) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 600 MW. The site is recorded at 360 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Festus Data Center Campus," updated August 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/crg-festus-data-center-mo.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/crg-festus-data-center-mo, retrieved September 14, 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.Festus council approves $6 billion data center plan despite massive public pushback · St. Louis Public Radio · retrieved August 24, 2026
- 2.CRG Unveils Refined Conceptual Design for Proposed Festus Data Center · The Missouri Times · retrieved August 24, 2026
- 3.Festus Data Center, community information site · CRG · retrieved August 24, 2026
- 4.Festus, Missouri: The Sunshine Law Lawsuit Over a $6 Billion Data Center · SueDataCenters.org · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 5.St. Louis Public Radio: Data center opposition group sues city of Festus, proposed developer (April 10, 2026) · stlpr.org · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 6.Leader Publications: Wake Up JeffCo, others sue Festus, data center developer · myleaderpaper.com · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 7.Data Center Dynamics: Peculiar officials in Missouri remove data centers from ordinance, blocking $1.5bn Diode project · datacenterdynamics.com · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 8.KSHB: Peculiar reverses zoning for data center after cries from neighbors · kshb.com · retrieved August 28, 2026
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