Data center restrictions tracker · Kansas

Spring Hill, Kansas: data center zoning exclusion (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

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

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Zoning exclusionrestrictionin forceMarch 25, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.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.

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