'This data center belongs downtown': Developer proposes 20-story vertical data center in Kansas City to trade suburban sprawl for urban density
Revitalization Unlimited proposes 20-story Kansas City data center using vertical construction to reduce land requirements despite higher costs.
A developer in Kansas City has proposed building a 20-story vertical data center on just 0.23 acres of land. Only two floors of the tower would house servers, while the remaining 18 floors would accommodate power and cooling systems. The project would cost $183 million, or about $1,300 per square foot, which is higher than typical suburban construction costs.
Revitalization Unlimited, the developer, argues that this vertical data center is necessary because certain computing workloads benefit from being physically closer to users and networks. Financial trading, content delivery, and inference services are examples of workloads that could take advantage of the dense urban environment.
The facility would generate 24 MW of IT capacity, with natural gas contributing to the operating expenses.
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