Kansas City, in Jackson County, Missouri, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on January 16, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "Kansas City, Missouri, Council unanimously approved zoning changes reclassifying data centers as industrial facilities, limiting them to specific zoning districts, revoking by-right status for larger data centers, and requiring City… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | in force | January 16, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Jackson County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Jackson County
Missouri context
Missouri has 28 documented local actions across 26 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, Evergy territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, November 13, 2025).
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.