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934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site)

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

ProposedOpposedRecord updated November 2, 2026

934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) is a proposed data center in Kansas City, Missouri (Jackson County), operated by Revitalization Unlimited. The public record puts it at announced July 2026. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Revitalization Unlimited
Facility type
Data center
Location
934 Central St, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Coordinates
39.1013, -94.5873 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
July 2026
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
30 permanent
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.

  1. August 5, 2026
    Proposed
    City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to deny the development plan (case CD-CPC-2026-00074). Ordinance 260870 is held in the council's Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee until Nov 10, 2026, with no final action. Source: KCUR

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. 55 people testified and commissioners reported 475 opposition letters and none in support.

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: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

55 people testified and commissioners reported 475 opposition letters and none in support. Two 4th District councilmembers and the mayor oppose it, and the project would demolish a building on the National Register.

Source: KCUR

Notes on the record

Proposed 20-story, 384-ft vertical data center designed by SOM. The Plan Commission denied it 6-0 on Aug 5, 2026, and the developer may seek a council override.

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
  • Land area
  • 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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) in Kansas City?

Yes. Organized local opposition to 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. 55 people testified and commissioners reported 475 opposition letters and none in support.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site)?

No lawsuit over 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) appears in the record we track as of November 2, 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 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) use?

No water withdrawal figure for 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site) 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 934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site), and how big is it?

Revitalization Unlimited is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "934 Central Data Center Tower (Western Newspaper Union Building site)," updated November 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/revitalization-unlimited-934-central-kansas-city-mo.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.35.1 (November 2, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/revitalization-unlimited-934-central-kansas-city-mo, retrieved November 5, 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.Kansas City File 260870: development plan for a 384-ft structure with ground-floor retail and a data center at 10th & Central · City of Kansas City, MO (City Clerk) · retrieved November 2, 2026
  2. 2.Two Kansas City councilmembers oppose proposed downtown Kansas City data center · KCTV5 · retrieved November 2, 2026
  3. 3.Kansas City officials denied a plan for downtown data center · KCUR · retrieved November 2, 2026
  4. 4.Kansas City Planning Commission rejects proposal for 20-story data center · FOX 4 Kansas City · retrieved November 2, 2026

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