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Data center campus · Southwest corner of Central City Road and 20th Street, west Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Wildwood Ranch data center site

Site zoned or marketed as of March 6, 2026

Joplin annexed and rezoned roughly 540 to 600 acres of Wildwood Ranch to heavy industrial in February 2026 for a possible hyperscale data center whose developer and user have not been disclosed. Also known as: Wildwood Ranch Data Park, Wildwood Ranch Industrial Complex.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site600acres

Who is behind it

ProjectWildwood Ranch data center siteAlso: Wildwood Ranch Data Park, Wildwood Ranch Industrial Complex
Developer and teamWildwood Ranch LLC
End userNot disclosed

The record, newest first

  1. The council received certification that both petitions fell short of the 5,032 signatures required (2,832 and 2,348). (KOAM News Now, March 17, 2026; The Joplin Globe, March 17, 2026)

  2. Opponents filed referendum petitions to repeal both ordinances. (The Joplin Globe, March 10, 2026; The Joplin Globe, March 17, 2026)

  3. The council gave final approval, 6-3 on annexation and 7-2 on rezoning. (City of Joplin, March 6, 2026; KSNF/KODE (FourStatesHomepage.com), Feb. 17, 2026)

  4. After a roughly seven-hour meeting, the city council held first readings and gave initial approval to the annexation and rezoning. (City of Joplin, March 6, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, Jan. 23, 2026)

  5. The planning and zoning commission held a hearing and recommended approval of rezoning from single-family residential to heavy industrial. (City of Joplin, March 6, 2026)

  6. Wildwood Ranch LLC applied for voluntary annexation of the land, covered by a 2009 annexation agreement. (City of Joplin, March 6, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The owner wants to sell to a heavy-industrial developer; no data center developer has been named, so status is 'site'.
  • Acreage: the city lists about 600.4 acres in the annexation and rezoning filings; DCD reported 540 acres annexed and 600 rezoned, and KOAM 540 acres.
  • The petition results were reported at a Monday council meeting in the week of March 16, 2026; exact date inferred from publication dates.

The full record

Status note
Joplin annexed and rezoned the land to heavy industrial in February 2026 for a possible data center, but the city says no construction permit applications have been filed and a power feasibility study comes first.
Power note
DCD cited a marketing listing of at least 200 MW; no record or developer figure.
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.