Construction for what developers are calling the first hyperscale data center in Kansas is underway in De Soto. And shortly after breaking ground on the 300-acre property earlier this year, developers expanded the project’s size by a little over 1 million square feet, more than doubling its initially suggested scope.
Some residents say the expansion is a red flag for a project that has already elicited skepticism among neighbors. But city officials don’t seem alarmed, saying that the project’s size was bound to change, and that the project is still aligned with the city code.
San Francisco-based data center developer Beale Infrastructure first presented its $3 billion proposal to build a four-building campus to the De Soto City Council in August. At the time, Beale officials indicated that the entire campus would total 1.14 million square feet…