Data center

The developers behind a scheme to build a data center in Midtown announced a new plan Friday for a tech district. The project now has a higher price tag.

The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act incentivizes battery storage among other measures aimed at bolstering grid reliability.

Months later, the developers behind the proposed data center at the Armory in Midtown St. Louis have yet to answer city-required questions on the project.

A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state by 2031 if lawmakers and grid operators don’t act.

The minimum capital investment for the Amazon data center is projected at $8.5 billion, and construction could begin as soon as 2026.

The Consumers Council of Missouri filed a motion for a rehearing earlier this month in the Ameren Missouri case setting terms and rates for large customers like data centers, saying the new tariffs would not protect existing customers from rate increases.

The Consumers Council of Missouri Wednesday filed a motion for a rehearing in the Ameren Missouri case setting terms and rates for large customers like data centers. The commission has already issued an order supporting Ameren’s rates, which take effect Thursday.

Data centers and other large consumers of electricity will pay special rates under Ameren Missouri’s new tariff approved Monday.

The Missouri Public Service Commission approved a large-load rate submitted by Evergy, which operates in Kansas and Missouri, and that was supported by most parties in the case.

Data center developers eye Festus in Jefferson County as a site for future data center development as the city annexes properties for the projects.