Developers may buy defunct Kansas City, Kansas, power plant as region builds more data centers

A defunct Kansas City, Kansas, power station astride polluted land has caught the eye of investors eager to develop an energy-hungry data center.

The investors have offered to pay millions of dollars for the environmental remediation of the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities’ defunct Quindaro Power Station — and then some.

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…

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