Crusoe Warrenton Campus

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.

1. 2026

   Permitted
   Warrenton Planning & Zoning Commission approved conditional use permit and site plan 8-2 on January 8, 2026; Board of Aldermen approved unanimously (two 6-0 votes) on January 20, 2026. Still requires land disturbance review and construction permits before groundbreaking. Source: Data Center Dynamics
2. 2025

   Proposed
   Crusoe named as developer at Warrenton Board of Aldermen meeting on November 4, 2025; announcement made by Greater Warren County Economic Development Council consultant. Source: Warren County Record

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Crusoe Warrenton Campus in Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Over 40 community members testified during the January 20, 2026 Board of Aldermen hearing, both supporters and opponents.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Over 40 community members testified during the January 20, 2026 Board of Aldermen hearing, both supporters and opponents. Supporters cited economic development and tax revenue; opponents (including neighboring landowners) raised concerns about noise, light pollution, and water supply impacts. Planning & Zoning voted 8-2 to approve; Board of Aldermen approved unanimously (6-0) with conditions: additional native trees, shorter lighting poles, stricter noise limits, generators moved indoors. One opponent stated: 'The county residents surrounding this parcel have been ignored and forgotten' (sourceRef 2).

Source: Mid Rivers Newsmagazine

Power and water

Ameren Missouri owns and will operate the on-site switch yard; Crusoe owns the on-site electrical substation. Ameren signed confidential large-load agreements totaling 2.2GW with multiple Missouri data centers in February 2026; individual customer details not disclosed (sourceRef 8). No on-site gas generation reported for this campus.

Closed-loop cooling system using food-grade polypropylene glycol continuously recycled within the system; no reported MGD figure disclosed. Company claims 40% less water usage compared to a conventional light industrial facility (sourceRef 2).

Notes on the record

Coordinates approximate. Site address: 22151 NW Service Road, Warrenton MO; north of NW Service Road, west of Hwy. W. Two 805,000 sq ft data center buildings + 40,000 sq ft administration building + 621,250 sq ft Ameren-owned switch yard + 603,200 sq ft Crusoe-owned electrical substation. Crusoe described as its 'fifth campus' in its national AI data center portfolio as of June 2026 per Crusoe newsroom. Meta signed agreement with Crusoe in June 2026 for approximately 1.6GW of AI computing capacity split across Childress TX and Warrenton MO campuses, per-site split not disclosed; confirms Warrenton as AI anchor customer site (sourceRef 3). Status: conditional use permit and site plan approved; land disturbance review and construction permits still outstanding before groundbreaking. Crusoe committed publicly to seek no real property tax or gross receipt tax abatements; would pursue state incentives only (sourceRef 2). Developer projected annual property taxes ~$80M/year (sourceRef 1), with ~$44M to local schools. Construction jobs projected ~2,000-2,500 over ~3-year build; permanent tech jobs projected ~100 (developer estimates, sourceRef 1 and 2, not firm contractual commitments). Crusoe historically used on-site flared natural gas but divested those operations; Warrenton campus is grid-connected via Ameren Missouri, no on-site gas generation reported here. Distinct from the Google/Crusoe 'Goodnight' campus in Armstrong County TX.

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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.

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