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Project Yardbird

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated July 17, 2026

Project Yardbird is a proposed data center in Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County), operated by PowerTransitions. The public record puts it at 200 MW planned.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
PowerTransitions
Facility type
Data center
Location
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS
Coordinates
39.1470, -94.6350 (approximate)
Power capacity
200 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
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
No reception on record
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.

  1. May 2025
    Proposed
    $13.6M option to buy the decommissioned Quindaro coal plant signed May 2025, in due diligence and environmental assessment. Source: KCUR

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Project Yardbird in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Converts the decommissioned Quindaro coal Power Station (BPU) in the Quindaro neighborhood of Kansas City, KS. $13.6M option to buy (May 2025), currently in due diligence.

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
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • 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.
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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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 Project Yardbird data center in Kansas City?

Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Project Yardbird in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Yardbird data center?

No lawsuit over Project Yardbird appears in the record we track as of July 17, 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 Project Yardbird use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Yardbird 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 Project Yardbird, and how big is it?

PowerTransitions is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 200 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Yardbird," updated July 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/powertransitions-project-yardbird-ks.

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/powertransitions-project-yardbird-ks, 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.Wyandotte County data centers would require a lot of power · KCUR · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.PowerTransitions Quindaro Data Center Opportunity · PowerTransitions · retrieved July 17, 2026

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