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MW is summed over the listings that report capacity (mw_reporting_count of facility_count), so read it as a floor.","lease_rate":null,"mw_reporting_count":18,"operational_mw":861.0,"pipeline_mw":277.0,"queue_months":null,"top_operator":{"facility_count":6,"name":"DataBank"},"total_mw":2513.0,"unverified_included":true,"vacancy_pct":null},"live_as_of":{"age_hours":0.1,"iso":"2026-10-27T08:45:30.293082+00:00"},"ma":[{"buyer":"Google","date":null,"mw":null,"seller":null,"type":"investment","value":10000.0,"value_unit":"USD millions"},{"buyer":"Digital Realty","date":null,"mw":null,"seller":null,"type":"acquisition","value":475.0,"value_unit":"USD millions"}],"ok":true,"open_access":"Open to every caller: this is one of the 20 largest US data-center markets by tracked capacity, and its full market briefing (grid, risk, time to power, scores) is free.","operators":[{"facility_count":6,"operator":"DataBank","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":26.0},{"facility_count":4,"operator":"Google","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":802.0},{"facility_count":4,"operator":"Meta","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":575.0},{"facility_count":2,"operator":"Netrality","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":25.0},{"facility_count":2,"operator":"DataBank, Ltd.","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":0.0}],"outlook":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T09:02:34.207044+00:00","narrative_md":"Kansas City's data center footprint spans 117 tracked facilities totaling 2,513 MW across all development stages. The market is anchored by three major operators\u2014DataBank, Google, and Meta\u2014each running 4\u20136 sites. This distributed operator base suggests competitive pressure and ongoing capacity expansion rather than monopolistic control, which typically correlates with pricing discipline and service differentiation.\n\nThe DCPI verdict\u2014excess power at 72/100 paired with low constraint at 40/100\u2014signals a build-favorable environment. Excess power indicates Kansas City has sufficient generation and transmission capacity to support new hyperscale deployments without immediate grid upgrades; the low constraint score reflects minimal land-use, permitting, or infrastructure bottlenecks. For operators and investors, this translates to lower per-MW capex for power infrastructure, faster time-to-market, and reduced regulatory friction compared to coastal or congested Midwest hubs. The combination justifies greenfield expansion.\n\nRecent deal activity underscores the build signal. Digital Realty has recorded three acquisitions and announced a $475M transaction, signaling aggressive portfolio consolidation and site assembly in the region. Google's $10B investment commitment\u2014announced but not yet completed\u2014represents a material capital deployment into Kansas City infrastructure. The three Digital Realty deals and Google's commitment, taken together, suggest major operators view the market as ready for scale-out. Notably, local resistance has materialized: Independence and downtown Kansas City residents have mounted opposition to proposed facilities, which may slow permitting timelines for certain sites despite the low DCPI constraint score. Deal velocity remains robust, but execution risk on individual projects warrants attention.\n\nKansas City's combination of power surplus, low infrastructure friction, and multi-operator competition positions it as a secondary-tier AI and cloud hub with structural tailwinds for the next 18\u201324 months.","rationale":null,"verdict":"BUILD","word_count":267},"pipeline":[{"eta":null,"facility":"Lambda Kansas City","operator":"Lambda","power_mw":100.0,"status":"Planned"},{"eta":null,"facility":"Google Kansas City Building 2","operator":"Google","power_mw":100.0,"status":"Under Construction"},{"eta":null,"facility":"Meta Kansas City Building 2","operator":"Meta","power_mw":75.0,"status":"Under Construction"},{"eta":null,"facility":"Google Kansas City #2 (Project Mica)","operator":"Google","power_mw":2.0,"status":"Planned"}],"power_grid":{"gen_additions_mw":1476.8,"interconnection_pending_mw":33871.05,"iso":"SPP","iso_queue":{"as_of":"2026-10-27","as_of_basis":"live_feed_fetch_date","basis_note":"Active requests, max summer MW; excludes cessation","iso":"SPP","queue_kind":"generation_queue","queued_generation_gw":186.3,"source_name":"SPP GI active requests (MAX Summer MW, excl. cessation)","source_url":"https://opsportal.spp.org/Studies/GenerateActiveCsv"},"queue_capacity_mw":16512.2,"queue_wait_months":null,"reserve_margin_pct":24.0,"time_to_power_as_of":"2026-10-27T08:45:30.293082+00:00","time_to_power_basis":"DCPI modelled months to energize a new large load in this market (method: https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/methodology); a model estimate, not a utility date","time_to_power_months":16.0},"redirect_to":null,"requested":"kansas-city","risk":{"drought_months_d2_plus":null,"errors":{"drought_months_d2_plus":"no_drought_source_ingested"},"water_band":2,"water_band_label":"Low-Medium","water_category":"mean of 70 Aqueduct 4.0 baseline-annual basins (arid counted as ","water_stress":19.3,"wildfire_seismic_note":null},"slug":"kansas-city","tier":"FREE"}