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Data center project · Shawnee County, Kansas

Compass Datacenters campus, southwest of Topeka

Paused by moratorium · A 10-building, 400 MW campus proposed on about 600 acres of light-industrial land southwest of Topeka.

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Status
Paused by moratorium · as of Sept. 9, 2026
Location
South of the 3500 block of SW 77th Street, Wakarusa area, unincorporated Shawnee County · Shawnee County
Status note
The county deemed the conditional use permit complete on Sept. 9, 2026, but its moratorium bars final action on it until Feb. 17, 2027.
Power
400 MW
400 MW critical power load at completion, as Compass reported in its permit application (KSNT); not backup generation.
Floor area
2,670,000 sq ft
Land
600 acres
Developer and team
Compass Datacenters
Utility
Evergy (will-serve letter filed)
Water
Compass says it will use no municipal water for cooling.
Incentives
No abatement found; a Topeka commercial broker told Kansas Reflector the project is not receiving the kind of property tax abatement Mars got, which was not checked against a county record.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 9, 2026 The county deemed the application complete and began full review; no hearing was set. (Shawnee County Land Use & Development, Sept. 9, 2026)
  2. Aug. 28, 2026 Compass filed revised exhibits, including an Evergy will-serve letter and a revised sound survey. (Shawnee County Land Use & Development, Sept. 9, 2026)
  3. Aug. 27, 2026 Kansas Reflector quoted a Topeka commercial broker estimating about $122 million a year in property taxes if the campus is appraised at $3 billion; this is an estimate, not a county figure. (High Plains Public Radio (Kansas Reflector), Aug. 27, 2026)
  4. Aug. 13, 2026 County commissioners adopted a six-month moratorium that also bars final action on the Compass application. (KSNT 27 News, Aug. 13, 2026)
  5. Aug. 6, 2026 KSNT summarized the filing: 10 single-story buildings on just over 600 acres with an on-site substation, and a 400 MW critical load at completion. (KSNT 27 News, Aug. 6, 2026)
  6. Aug. 4, 2026 County staff found the application incomplete. (Shawnee County Land Use & Development, Sept. 9, 2026)
  7. July 24, 2026 Compass filed conditional use permit application CU-26-203. (Shawnee County Land Use & Development, Sept. 9, 2026; KSNT 27 News, July 27, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The 2.67 million square feet is the combined footprint of 10 buildings of 267,000 square feet each, as described in the application (KSNT).
  • The $122 million yearly property tax figure is a broker's estimate assuming a $3 billion appraisal, not a county projection.

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