We linked this public/private scheme earlier in the week but it's worth another look moving forward:
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, last month said it was considering selling the site to PowerTransitions for $13.6 million so a new data center could be built that will require 192 megawatts to power.
What the investors want is access to the well-developed electric grid sitting idle at the Quindaro plant that will enable developers to get the data center up and running faster than would otherwise be possible. The plant was shuttered in 2019.
It is all a part of the Kansas City area’s scramble to attract new data centers and cobble together the electric resources that will be required to power them.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Developers eye idle KCK power plant as the region pursues data center projects
A boom in energy-hungry data centers raises questions about power supplies and utility bills for customers. Who will pay? How much?
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