Monstrous Data Center Tower Coming Soon To Downtown Kansas City

Developer spin attempts to offer a nicer view of a 19-story high-rise was planned at 934 Central in Downtown Kansas City (northwest corner of 10th and Central) but here's the reality . . . 

DATA CENTER TOWERS THREATEN TO CHASE AWAY NEARBY RESIDENTS FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY!!!

Promises about keeping quiet are nice but are never enforced . . . Even worse, the constant server hum has been PROVEN to degrade life for neighbors . . . 

So, it's worth considering that downtown cheerleaders have spent DECADES trying to jam people inside the loop and this move tacitly admits that future space is now mostly geared for server racks. 

Of course, we share a more optimistic take . . .  

"Beginning on the 2nd floor and moving up from there will be the IT racks that make up data centers. Two levels will be ventilation levels, which Byrd explained are positioned high above the street so that “heat and any noise is mitigated for those on the ground”. One meeting attendee asked if any of the floors could be converted into another use, like office or residential, in the future if data centers go by the wayside, and Mr. Byrd said it’s possible to convert floors to another use in the future (if the need arose) . . . "

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC Pulse: Planned Tower at 10th and Central is a Data Center. Here are the Details.

Developing . . .