CRG Festus Data Center

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Acreage conflict: roughly 360 acres (project site / missouridatacenters.org) vs a '240-acre campus' described by datacentermap; an unofficial LinkedIn analysis circulated figures of about 674 acres, 902 MW and four buildings that are speculative and not used. servercountry.org lists 1,000 MW; no MW value is asserted. CRG leadership named: Chris McKee (president), Rohit Kinra (SVP Data Centers), Bob Clark (Clayco executive chairman). City consultant MarksNelson Advisors LLC (Steve Etcher) engaged under Ordinance 4875. End user/operator not disclosed. An Ameren large data center rate was before the Missouri PSC during the approval process.

Key data: Ameren Missouri | MISO (Ameren Missouri / AMMO) | Bill No. 4876 (rezoning)

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Developer: CRG (a Clayco company) | County: Jefferson | Research region: St. Louis south / Jefferson County

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Key data: Utility: Ameren Missouri | Grid area: MISO (Ameren Missouri / AMMO)

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Key data: Zoning case: Bill No. 4876 (rezoning) | Jurisdictions: Festus | Jefferson County | Missouri | Tax incentives: No real property tax abatement; partial personal property abatement sought | $1.3 billion in taxes and community benefits over 25 years projected | Approximately $25 million per year to the City of Festus

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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$45 million in direct community benefit over 10 years

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Up to $5 million for a firehouse

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Lawsuit filed 2026-04-08 by Wake Up JeffCo and four property owners

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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All four incumbent council members were ousted in the April 2026 municipal election

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Festus City Council approved the rezoning 6-2 in November 2025 and the development agreement 6-2 on 2026-03-30; Wake Up JeffCo and four property owners sued on 2026-04-08 and all four incumbent council members were ousted in the April 2026 municipal election.

Key data: Two 6-2 approvals; lawsuit 2026-04-08; four incumbents ousted

Claim classification: documented_fact · Verification: source_backed_unverified · Retrieved: 2026-09-13

Status date: 2026-04-08

Limitation: Advocacy-run tracker; council vote records were not obtained directly from city minutes.

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Festus City Council approved rezoning 6-2 (Bill No. 4876)

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Status date: 2025-11

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Festus City Council approved the development agreement 6-2

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Status date: 2026-03-30

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Wake Up JeffCo and four property owners filed suit

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Status date: 2026-04-08

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The Festus data center project is described as a $6 billion development generating $1.3 billion in taxes and community benefits over 25 years, roughly $25 million per year to the City of Festus, $45 million in direct community benefit over 10 years and up to $5 million for a firehouse, with no real property tax abatement and only a partial personal property abatement sought.

Key data: $6B investment; ~$25M/yr to Festus; no real property abatement

Claim classification: official_estimate_or_forecast · Verification: source_backed_unverified · Retrieved: 2026-09-13

Status date: 2026-03-30

Limitation: Developer-published projections, not audited or independently modeled figures.

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CONFLICTING

Datacentermap lists a CRG Festus campus at Old England Rd and US-67 in Festus described as a 240-acre campus with potential investment above $1 billion, while the project's own materials describe roughly 360 acres north of Highway 67 west of Highway CC.

Key data: 240-acre campus per directory vs ~360 acres per project

Claim classification: documented_fact · Verification: conflicting_sources_preserved · Retrieved: 2026-09-13

Limitation: Acreage and investment figures conflict between the directory and the project's own site.

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