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Data center project · Lyon County, Kansas

Flint Hills Digital Campus (Kanza Park Place LLC), Emporia

Site zoned or marketed · About 1,065 acres annexed and rezoned for a future data center campus, with a citizen ban measure headed to the November 2026 ballot. Also known as: Kanza Park Place.

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Status
Site zoned or marketed · as of July 22, 2026
Location
West edge of Emporia (annexed tracts including Road F, Road 175 and W. 18th Avenue) · Lyon County
Status note
Land annexed, rezoned industrial and placed in a new Digital Infrastructure Overlay; the city says construction of a data center has not been approved and no end user is named.
Power
Not reported
No MW figure; WIBW cited KVOE Radio describing a 'gigawatt-scale' data center.
Land
1,065 acres
Developer and team
Kanza Park Place LLC
End user
None identified
Utility
Evergy (power agreements still to come, per the city)
Water
The city adopted large-volume water and wastewater service policies on July 22, 2026.
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. Aug. 20, 2026 The Lyon County District Court ordered a citizen ban petition onto the November ballot while it decides whether the measure is valid. (WIBW, Aug. 20, 2026)
  2. July 22, 2026 The City Commission unanimously created the overlay, rezoned 11 tracts and adopted large-volume water policies, stressing that no data center was approved. (City of Emporia, July 22, 2026; The Emporia Gazette, July 22, 2026)
  3. June 30, 2026 After hearings over two weeks, the planning commission recommended the overlay district and rezoning of about 1,065 acres. (The Emporia Gazette, June 30, 2026)
  4. June 2, 2026 Kanza Park Place announced the Flint Hills Digital Campus with backing from regional development groups. (The Emporia Gazette, June 2, 2026; WIBW, June 2, 2026)
  5. May 20, 2026 The city approved the first annexations requested by Kanza Park Place; more followed June 3. (City of Emporia, July 22, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The project's spokesperson and ownership details were not checked against Kansas business filings.

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