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Kansas state legislation
- LegislationSB553 - Data centers and water use consumption reportingRequires water use consumption reporting related to data centers.
- LegislationSB 98 (Data Center Sales Tax Exemption)Kansas 2025 law creating a 20-year state and local sales tax exemption for qualifying data centers.
- MoratoriumResolution 2026-4 (Moratorium)Harvey County, Kansas resolution imposing a data center development moratorium, January 13, 2026.
- LegislationSB400 - Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption.Description coming
- LegislationSB526 - Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.Description coming
- MoratoriumSB531 - Prohibiting the development or operation of any new large load data center in a county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years.Description coming
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Johnson County, KS
- Address
- De Soto, KS
- Stage
- Announced
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Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
Data center developer offers Kansas town residents $1,000 each for 10 yearsCBS News
Map Shows States Where Biggest Data Centers Are Being BuiltNewsweek
County advances road use agreement for data center developerBillings Gazette
BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into RecessionDecrypt
How data centers are rewriting homeowners’ property tax and power bills in 2026ABC17News.com
$10K for each resident isn’t working. Data center doubles down with open house, new grants.Mechanicsburg Patriot News
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