Kansas City Data Center Market

Kansas City Metro has a population of 2.3 million and has a low-risk profile. Additionally KC has low-cost power, moderate connectivity and construction costs.

Kansas City Wholesale and Retail Colocation Options:

The data center market primarily has retail colocation sector with a few wholesale colocation providers

• Netrality – owns the primary telecom hotel at 1102 Grand and offers retail colo space
• TierPoint – operates two facilities totaling over 85,000 SF in suburban Kansas City
• QTS – only operates small datacenters in KC
• DataBank – has two sites totaling 20,000 SF of raised floor
• LightEdge Solutions – operates a 60,000 SF data center in Hunt Midwest’s SubTropolis underground site.
• Cavern Technologies – its 200,000 SF underground facility in Lenexa can provide up to 50 MW.
• Iron Mountain – operates a 22-acre campus with its carrier-neutral underground colocation site

Hazardous Risk Profile

Missouri is a low-risk state for acts of terrorism, hurricanes and earthquakes, having experienced no major disasters since record keeping began in 1957 (FEMA).