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Meta Kansas City Northland

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OperatingSupportedAI mixed useRecord updated September 10, 2026

Meta Kansas City Northland is an operating data center in Kansas City, Missouri (Clay County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced March 2022, 750 MW planned, 882 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Meta
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
Northwest corner of I-435 and US Highway 169, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, Clay County, MO
Coordinates
39.2470, -94.7050
Power capacity
750 MW planned
Land
882 acres
Investment
$1 billion
Announced
March 2022
Utility
Evergy
Power source
Mixed
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
100 permanent; 1,500 construction
Public subsidy
Chapter 100 industrial development bonds / PILOT, authorization ceiling $8.2B (a financing authorization, NOT an abatement value; the abatement is the PILOT relief the leaseback structure creates, which the cited sources do not itemize), Kansas City, MO, 2021
Community reception
Supported
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. August 2025
    Operating
    Data center officially opens August 20, 2025; servers live and serving traffic Source: Meta Platforms
  2. March 2022
    Proposed
    Meta announces $800M+ data center campus at Golden Plains Technology Park (801 NW 128th St), northwest corner of I-435 and US-169 in KC Northland Source: Meta Platforms
  3. 2022
    Under construction
    Construction begins; averaged 1,500 skilled trade workers at peak

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Kansas City Northland in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Meta directed more than $1M to local schools and nonprofits since 2022; no reported community opposition; LEED Gold certified campus

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Meta directed more than $1M to local schools and nonprofits since 2022; no reported community opposition; LEED Gold certified campus

Source: Meta Platforms

Power and water

100% electricity matched with renewable energy; LEED Gold certified; stormwater reuse saved 1M+ gallons of potable water during construction

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Chapter 100 industrial development bonds / PILOT, authorization ceiling $8.2B (a financing authorization, NOT an abatement value; the abatement is the PILOT relief the leaseback structure creates, which the cited sources do not itemize)Not establishedKansas City, MO2021

Notes on the record

Located at Golden Plains Technology Park (Diode Ventures development), 801 NW 128th Street, at the northwest corner of I-435 and US-169. Three data center buildings + warehouse, 1.4M sq ft total. Meta's first Missouri data center. Coordinates are approximate for the Golden Plains Technology Park area.

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
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.

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Our reporting on this site

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Meta Kansas City Northland data center in Kansas City?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Kansas City Northland in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Meta directed more than $1M to local schools and nonprofits since 2022; no reported community opposition; LEED Gold certified campus

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Kansas City Northland data center?

No lawsuit over Meta Kansas City Northland appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 Meta Kansas City Northland use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meta Kansas City Northland 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 Meta Kansas City Northland, and how big is it?

Meta is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 750 MW. The site is recorded at 882 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Kansas City Northland," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-kansas-city-northland-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/meta-kansas-city-northland-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. 1.Meta's Kansas City Data Center and Upcoming AI-Optimized Data Centers · Meta Platforms · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Meta opens $1 billion Kansas City data center · KCUR · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Golden Plains Technology Park - Diode Ventures · Diode Ventures · retrieved September 10, 2026
  4. 4.Golden Plains Technology Park is Online - Diode Ventures · Diode Ventures · retrieved September 10, 2026
  5. 5.Kansas City Ordinance 210841 - Golden Plains Technology Park Zone 3 preliminary plat · Kansas City, MO City Clerk · retrieved September 10, 2026
  6. 6.KC Council sets stage for $8.2 billion in Golden Plains Tech Park incentives · Ingram's · retrieved September 10, 2026

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