European cloud firm Nebius is spearheading a massive AI data center campus in Independence, Missouri, positioned just outside Kansas City. The project, often referred to as an "AI factory," is set to span across a master-planned, multi-building campus located on 400 acres within the Eastgate Commerce Center.
To support the substantial energy requirements of the campus, the project utilizes a dedicated power solution: Independence Power Partners (IPP) is privately financing the redevelopment of the decommissioned Blue Valley Power Plant. Once revitalized, this facility will supply electricity directly to the data center site.
Following the official groundbreaking in May 2026, construction is underway on the initial building. This first phase is scheduled to become operational by October 2027, with the entire campus projected to reach full buildout by 2029. Representing a landmark $6.6 billion investment, the development is positioned to establish the region as a major hub for global AI infrastructure.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.22 miles | Nebius: Independence 3 |
This facility is part of Nebius' Independence Campus in Kansas City.
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| 0.22 miles | Nebius: Independence 2 |
This facility is part of Nebius' Independence Campus in Kansas City.
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| 0.39 miles | Nebius: Independence 4 |
This facility is part of Nebius' Independence Campus in Kansas City.
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| 1.90 miles | Patmos: Independence, Missouri |
Patmos plans to convert a recently completed industrial warehouse in Independence into a high-density data center. The project entered the city’s permitting process before Independence adopted a temporary moratorium, allowing its application to continue through review.
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| 8.48 miles | LightEdge Kansas City |
The underground, solid limestone structure is 6X stronger than concrete, and allows for contiguous expansion in the form of private rack/cage space and hard wall suite environments.
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| 8.95 miles | Edged Energy: Kansas City, MO |
The facility known as Edged Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri.
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| 9.52 miles | Tower OneInterested in this information?Contact us |
Tech giant Google is developing a billion-dollar data center campus in Kansas City. The new Google data center is located in the Hunt Midwest Business Center on NE Parvin Road.
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| 9.73 miles | Core PointInterested in this information?Contact us |
This data center is a part of Google's Kansas City Campus in Missouri.
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| 9.91 miles | Core PlazaInterested in this information?Contact us |
This data center is a part of Google's Kansas City Campus in Missouri.
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| 10.10 miles | BetaInterested in this information?Contact us |
This data center is a part of Google's Kansas City Campus in Missouri.
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| 10.58 miles | Metrobloks: MCI-A3 |
This facility is part of the Metrobloks Kansas City campus in Missouri.
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| 10.66 miles | Metrobloks: MCI-A2 |
This facility is part of the Metrobloks Kansas City campus in Missouri.
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| 10.67 miles | Metrobloks: Kansas City MCI-A1 |
Metrobloks is developing an AI-ready, scalable, and sustainable data center in Liberty, Missouri (Kansas City metro), with initial live capacity scheduled for Q3 2027.
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| 11.73 miles | Iron Mountain Kansas Underground |
Iron Mountain’s Kansas City data center (KCM-1) is a resilient, compliant and highly secure underground colocation complex located south of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The underground data center is part of a 22-acre campus located 110 feet below the earth’s surface.
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| 13.46 miles | Joe's Datacenter Kansas City |
Joe's Data Center moved to this location in October of 2013 because they were outgrowing their space in the Oak Tower. This new location is well suited for datacenter use as it is located near fiber lines, has plenty of outdoor space for mechanical equipment, reliable power provided by KCP&L, and room for the business to grow for years to come.
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| 13.53 miles | Lumen Kansas City 3 | |
| 14.09 miles | IP Pathways: Kansas City |
The facility was acquired from Netsolus in 2023.
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| 14.11 miles | Nebius: Kansas City |
Nebius is proceeding with a second deployment phase at its existing Kansas City data center, with the additional capacity anticipated to be operational by the end of Q2 2025.
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| 14.12 miles | Patmos: Kansas City |
US data center and hosting firm Patmos is expanding at its newest data center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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| 14.21 miles | Lumen Kansas City 4 | |
| 14.21 miles | 1102 Grand St (Netrality) Kansas City Carrier Hotel |
1102 Grand, a carrier hotel owned and operated by Netrality, is the most network-rich, core interconnection environment in Kansas. The data center provides infrastructure for carriers, enterprises, and service providers to interconnect reliably and cost-effectively.
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| 14.22 miles | Contegix 1102 Grand |
The site in 1102 Grand was acquired in late 2016 when Contegix acquired Admo.
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| 14.28 miles | Lumen Kansas City 1 | |
| 14.28 miles | Nocix 2 (1530 Swift) | |
| 14.32 miles | Contegix Mainmark |
The site was acquired in late 2016 when Contegix acquired Admo.
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| 14.35 miles | NOCIX |
The Nebius AI Cloud brings powerful full-stack infrastructure for AI developers and practitioners across startups, enterprises and science institutes to build and deploy generative AI applications and rapidly deliver scientific breakthroughs by training and running ML models within a secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized cloud environment.
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