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The Digest's tracker follows 6 Kansas data center bills: 4 that would restrict development, 1 that favor it, and 1 neutral. 1 has advanced past committee (SB 92). The map covers 1 Kansas market with about 0.9 GW of capacity and pipeline.
Latest Kansas data center activity
Bill actions and news about Kansas data centers in one timeline, newest first. News is matched to the state by the story's text.
BillSB 81: Amend Kansas law governing economic development electric rates by imposing new restrictions on large industrial facilities, particularly data centers. Restrictive
Failed, last action Apr 10, 2026BillSB 531: Have prohibited the installation, construction, and operation of new large load data centers (those requiring 10 megawatts or more of electrical power) in any Kansas county that has had a drought emergency declared within the preceding… Restrictive
Failed, last action Apr 10, 2026BillHB 2664: Establish a "private energy campus" framework that exempts data centers and other industrial facilities from standard public utility regulations when they generate and use their own electricity on contiguous private property. Favorable
Failed, last action Apr 10, 2026BillSB 526: Have restricted Kansas's sales tax exemption for data center construction to only those projects built on land that was already zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses as of July 1, 2025. Restrictive
Failed, last action Apr 10, 2026BillSB 400: Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption. Restrictive
Failed, last action Apr 10, 2026BillSB 92: Extends the expiration date for existing Kansas statutory provisions that allow electric utilities to deny parallel generation service to certain large load customers and exempt those customers from contributing to the utility's peak… Neutral
Sent to governor, last action Apr 9, 2026Kansas data center legislation
Kansas data center markets and projects
Kansas City
900MW+ under development — Google's single KC facility alone is 710MW.
Central US geography and fiber crossroads attracting edge and enterprise deployments.
This market also covers Missouri.
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Updated October 23, 2026. Bill labels are the Digest's own classification of each bill's text; market figures come from CBRE, JLL, and utility filings as cited on the map. All Digest news.