Harper Road Technology Park

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Up to seven buildings of 300,000 sq ft each per DCD. servercountry.org lists 214 MW and 2.10M sq ft; no MW figure appears in the DCD reporting, so no MW value is asserted. Peculiar Board of Aldermen removed data centers as an allowable use rather than denying an application - Diode stated no active application had been submitted because of an extended city moratorium. Dates for the ordinance action conflict: DCD reported it in October 2024; the savrn tracker dates the zoning removal to May 2026.

Key data: Evergy | SPP (Evergy Metro)

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Developer: Diode Ventures (a Black & Veatch company) | County: Cass | Research region: Kansas City metro south

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Key data: Utility: Evergy | Grid area: SPP (Evergy Metro) | Substations: A new Evergy substation adjacent to the site | Transmission: 345 kV transmission lines

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Key data: Jurisdictions: Peculiar | Cass County | Missouri

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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The Peculiar Board of Aldermen removed the 'data center' definition from the city's light industrial zoning ordinance, meaning data centers are no longer permitted and blocking Diode Ventures' $1.5 billion, 504-acre Project Harper on the west side of Harper Road between 203rd Street and future 211th Street, near a new Evergy substation and 345 kV lines; Diode said no active application had been submitted because of an extended city moratorium.

Key data: 504 acres; $1.5B; data centers removed from zoning ordinance

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

Status date: 2024-10

Limitation: No MW figure published; article does not state vote counts. Date of the ordinance action conflicts with the savrn tracker's May 2026 date.

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Opposition Facebook group grew to about 1,000 members, described as one-sixth of the area population

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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'No Hyperscale Data Centers' signs reported common in the city

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Mayor Doug Stark faced a petition effort to remove him

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Status date: 2026-09-13

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Mayor Doug Stark first revealed plans for the 504-acre Project Harper

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Status date: 2024-01

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Peculiar planning commission proposed removing data centers from the light industrial ordinance

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Status date: 2024-09

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Peculiar Board of Aldermen removed the 'data center' definition from the zoning ordinance, blocking the project

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Status date: 2024-10

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Moratorium tracker records the zoning removal as in force, with data centers no longer a permitted use

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Status date: 2026-05

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