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Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled

Ottawa, Franklin County County, Kansas

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 21, 2026

Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled is a cancelled data center in Ottawa, Kansas (Franklin County County), operated by Lightfield Energy LLC. The public record puts it at announced December 18, 2024, 300 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Lightfield Energy LLC
Facility type: Data center
Location: Ottawa, Franklin County County, KS
Coordinates: 38.5856, -95.2494 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 300 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: December 18, 2024
Utility: Not established from a public source
Power source: On site gas
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: Opposed
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 2026
Cancelled
City Commission voted 5-0 to terminate the sales contract after Lightfield failed to submit a development agreement Source: KSHB 41
December 18, 2024
Proposed
Ottawa City Commission approved $5.3M sales contract for 300 acres of Proximity Park Source: KSHB 41

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled in Ottawa, Franklin County County, Kansas is documented in the public record. Ottawa United petition to ban hyperscale data centers was placed on the November 2026 ballot; residents sued the city.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Ottawa United petition to ban hyperscale data centers was placed on the November 2026 ballot; residents sued the city.

Source: KSHB 41

Power and water

Developer planned a natural gas power plant to serve the campus; never built.

Notes on the record

Planned AI data center with an on-site natural gas power plant at Proximity Park, near Kingman and Montana roads on Ottawa's south side. Coordinates are approximate. The city says the site is still marketed as available.

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.

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DAMAC Digital Heartland Data Center (Project Heartland) · Edgerton · DAMAC Digital Solutions Kansas LLC21 mi · Permitted · Contested
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QTS New Century Commerce Center (Building B1) · New Century · QTS Data Centers27 mi · Proposed
Digital Realty Astra North (Project Jayhawk) · De Soto · Digital Realty29 mi · Permitted · Contested

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled in Ottawa?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled use?

No water withdrawal figure for Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled 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 Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled, and how big is it?

Lightfield Energy LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 300 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Lightfield Energy Proximity Park Technology Campus (Ottawa), cancelled," updated October 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lightfield-energy-proximity-park-ottawa-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/lightfield-energy-proximity-park-ottawa-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.Ottawa residents push back against 300-acre technology campus plan · KSHB 41 · retrieved October 21, 2026
2.'Out of time': Ottawa ends data center contract as ballot fight continues · KSHB 41 · retrieved October 21, 2026
3.Ottawa data center question is on the ballot and in court · KSHB 41 · retrieved October 21, 2026

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