Spring Hill, in Johnson County, Kansas, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on March 25, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "Spring Hill, Kansas, City Council voted on October 23, 2025 to move forward with rezoning 316 acres from Rural Residential to M-1 Industrial for a potential data center, though no end user or specific business has been identified (proposed… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | in force | March 25, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Johnson County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Kansas context
Kansas has 15 documented local actions across 15 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Kansas in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.