Data Center Registry
Metrobloks Liberty Campus
Liberty, Clay County, Missouri · All 5 Metrobloks sites
Metrobloks Liberty Campus is a proposed data center in Liberty, Missouri (Clay County), operated by Metrobloks. The public record puts it at announced 2026, 150 MW planned, 30 acres, a reported $1.4 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Metrobloks
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Old Hughes Road, south of South Liberty Parkway, Liberty, Clay County, MO
- Coordinates
- 39.2459, -94.4191 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 150 MW planned
- Land
- 30 acres
- Investment
- $1.4 billion
- Announced
- 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 30 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Property tax abatement approved alongside $1.4B in industrial revenue bonds purchased by Metrobloks (25-year term), City of Liberty, 2026
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
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.
- 2026ProposedMetrobloks announced a $1.4B, 150 MW AI-ready campus in Liberty, Clay County Source: Metrobloks
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Metrobloks Liberty Campus in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Liberty city council approved $1.4B in bonds and ~$202.7M in tax abatements over 25 years for Metrobloks (vote reported March 2026) over documented resident opposition about land use, foregone taxes, and the adjacent neighborhood's cost-benefit.
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.
Liberty city council approved $1.4B in bonds and ~$202.7M in tax abatements over 25 years for Metrobloks (vote reported March 2026) over documented resident opposition about land use, foregone taxes, and the adjacent neighborhood's cost-benefit.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property tax abatement approved alongside $1.4B in industrial revenue bonds purchased by Metrobloks (25-year term) | $203 million | City of Liberty | 2026 |
Notes on the record
$1.4B, 150 MW AI-ready campus in Liberty, Clay County. Coordinates are the Liberty area centroid. Partner: Lincoln Property Company.
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 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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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- Nebius AI Factory (Independence) · Independence · Nebius Group12 mi · Under construction · 1.2 GW · In litigation
- Patmos KC Star Building Campus · Kansas City · Patmos Hosting13 mi · Operating · 35 MW
- Netrality 1102 Grand (Kansas City) · Kansas City · Netrality Data Centers13 mi · Operating
- Project Yardbird · Kansas City · PowerTransitions13 mi · Proposed · 200 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Metrobloks Liberty Campus in Liberty?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Metrobloks Liberty Campus in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Liberty city council approved $1.4B in bonds and ~$202.7M in tax abatements over 25 years for Metrobloks (vote reported March 2026) over documented resident opposition about land use, foregone taxes, and the adjacent neighborhood's cost-benefit.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Metrobloks Liberty Campus?
No lawsuit over Metrobloks Liberty Campus appears in the record we track as of October 22, 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 Metrobloks Liberty Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Metrobloks Liberty 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 Metrobloks Liberty Campus, and how big is it?
Metrobloks is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 150 MW. The site is recorded at 30 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Metrobloks Liberty Campus," updated October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/metrobloks-liberty-mo.
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/metrobloks-liberty-mo, 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.Metrobloks announces data center investment in Liberty, Missouri · Metrobloks · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.KSHB (Kansas City) · retrieved July 26, 2026
- 3.Metrobloks announces $1.4 billion data center coming to Liberty · KCTV5 · retrieved October 13, 2026
- 4.Lincoln & Metrobloks plan Kansas City data centre campus · DataCenterNews US · retrieved October 13, 2026
- 5.Liberty welcomes AI data center with $200 million in tax breaks · KXCV-KRNW · retrieved October 13, 2026
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