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Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk)

De Soto, Johnson County County, Kansas · All 70 Digital Realty sites

PermittedContestedRecord updated October 21, 2026

Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) is a permitted data center in De Soto, Kansas (Johnson County County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced June 2026, 280 acres, a reported $4 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
Digital Realty
Facility type
Data center
Location
De Soto, Johnson County County, KS
Coordinates
38.9450, -94.9650 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
280 acres
Investment
$4 billion
Announced
June 2026
Utility
Evergy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
250 permanent; 1,000 construction
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.

  1. September 22, 2026
    Permitted
    De Soto Planning Commission approved the Phase One site plan Source: KSHB 41
  2. June 9, 2026
    Proposed
    Plans presented to De Soto City Council Source: Ingram's

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) in De Soto, Johnson County County, Kansas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Neighbors circulating a petition to put later phases of high-impact data center development to a public vote.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

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.

Neighbors circulating a petition to put later phases of high-impact data center development to a public vote.

Source: KSHB 41

Power and water

Two substations: one built by Digital Realty, one by Evergy; Digital Realty funds transmission and substation work.

North parcel allocated 1 million gallons per day; Digital Realty to fund an industrial wastewater treatment plant.

Notes on the record

Astra North is the first phase (about 280 acres) of the roughly 1,400-acre Astra Enterprise Park, on the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near W. 103rd St and Lexington Ave. It is planned as nine buildings of about 3 million sq ft. This is a separate site from Beale's Project Pilot (103rd St & Edgerton Rd). Coordinates are approximate. Construction is expected to start in 2027.

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
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.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) data center in De Soto?

Yes. Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) in De Soto, Johnson County County, Kansas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Neighbors circulating a petition to put later phases of high-impact data center development to a public vote.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) data center?

No lawsuit over Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) 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 Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) 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 Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk), and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 70 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 280 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk)," updated October 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-astra-north-de-soto-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/digital-realty-astra-north-de-soto-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. 1.Bringing long-term investment to De Soto · Digital Realty · retrieved October 21, 2026
  2. 2.Digital Realty wants to build data center campus in De Soto · Ingram's · retrieved October 21, 2026
  3. 3.Second hyper-scale data center moves forward in De Soto amid petition efforts · KSHB 41 · retrieved October 21, 2026

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