Topeka Planning Commission Discusses Zoning Changes for Data Centers, Topeka, KS
PermitCompass Datacenters· Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas· Aug 25, 2026
Topeka's Planning Commission discussed a zoning code text amendment to create a land use category for data centers, including hyperscale facilities. The current zoning code has no data center classification. Compass Datacenters submitted a proposal in late July that Shawnee County staff labeled incomplete. The proposed amendments would establish specific zoning and use standards governing where da
Cloverleaf Infrastructure's 1,100-Acre Hyperscale AI Data Center Clears Moratorium in Tonganoxie, KS
ArticleCloverleaf Infrastructure· South of Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas· Aug 13, 2026
Leavenworth County commissioners voted 3-2 to let a 90-day moratorium on data center applications expire, clearing the path for Project Bluestem, a proposed hyperscale AI data center on more than 1,100 acres south of Tonganoxie. Developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure, through subsidiary Meadowlark, has secured purchase rights to the land but has not filed a formal application. The regional utility Ev
Edgerton, KS Sues Citizens Over Petition to Ban Damac Digital's $860M Data Center
Zoning PolicyDamac Digital· Edgerton, KS· Aug 25, 2026
The city of Edgerton, KS, has filed a lawsuit against two citizens and the non-profit Public Trust Collective who organized a petition to ban data centers in the city. The petition was prompted by Dubai-based Damac Digital's $860M Heartland Data Center project, which would convert an empty 400,000-sq-ft warehouse at Logistics Park Kansas City into an AI, cloud, and enterprise data center. Edgerton