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Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus

Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus is an AI data center campus developed by United Energy Trading in Missouri, Independence. 1.20 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Under construction · United Energy Trading · greenfield · SPP · Independence, Missouri, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
not recorded
Energized
not recorded

Announced-to-energized gap: 1.20 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

27th-largest announced of 97 tracked campuses75th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 972,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)

Promised online: 2029. 39 months away. Claimed by GovTech / City of Independence (source).

Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus capacity claims
Source
Announced1.20 GW2026-03-04reportedjournalist report
Under construction0.25 GW2027-06-01reportedjournalist report

Key facts

under construction

Lifecycle

1.20 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

United Energy Trading

Developer

United States

Location

SPP

Grid

greenfield

Land

1.20 GW

Announced-to-energized gap

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The story of Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus
Announced capex
$6.6B
Jobs
130 permanent reported
Cooling
Closed-loop cooling
Derived
Cost per MW
$6M/MW
Cost per job
$51M per permanent job

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

In clusterMissouri(47)

The deal

operator
Nebius Group N.V. · Ticker NBIS
utility
Independence Power & Light · Municipal utility, SPP
financier
Independence Power Partners LP · Developer/financier of the on-site Blue Valley natural-gas plant.
developer
United Energy Trading · Joint-venture partner in Independence Power Partners.
developer
Exigent Energy · Joint-venture partner in Independence Power Partners.
construction
ARCO National Construction · Named construction partner (groundbreaking release).

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
SPP
Interconnection
Water
Municipal water via city Courtney Bend Water Treatment plant; closed-loop cooling; one-time fill ~1M gal per 200MW building; recurring ~400,000-640,000 gal/year (city FAQ).

Blue Valley Power Plant redevelopment, 0.40 GW gas, Under construction. Privately financed natural-gas facility on the retired municipal Blue Valley site; ~15 turbines first phase; ~250 MW by ~Oct 2027, ~1.1 GW by 2029.

The SPP grid demand right now: 28.2 GW (EIA-930, 2026-09-27 08:00). Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus's announced 1.20 GW would be 4.2% of the grid's current load.

County water status: Abnormally dry (D0) in Jackson County, week of 2026-09-15 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus sits on greenfield in Missouri, Independence. It connects to the SPP grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

PILOT (payments in lieu of taxes)
$652M. Projected >$650M over 20-year term to city, school districts and other jurisdictions. company filing
Total campus investment
$6.6B. Nebius's own page says only 'multi-billion-dollar'; $6.6B is journalism-tier. journalist report
Chapter 100 industrial development incentive
~20-year abatement on real + personal property with sales-tax exemption on construction materials/equipment; approved by City Council 5-2 on Mar 2-3 2026; ~90% abatement. company filing

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States
FAA Proposed Rule: Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight (July 2026)operational restriction · 2026-07-02 · United States

Investment, workforce and specs

Cooling
Closed-loop cooling source
Construction jobs
~1,200 construction jobs source
Permanent jobs
~130 permanent jobs at full operation source

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    party added
    utility: Evergy
  3. Sep 2026
    Current: Under construction

Sources

6e1eef61-b5b6-431c-82d3-ff9a9c9bfa29 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus?
Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Independence. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus use?
Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus has 1.20 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus?
United Energy Trading is recorded as a party to Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus on the DEPLOY registry.
Is Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Nebius Independence AI Factory Campus: AI data center campus record. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/nebius-independence-missouri

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