Missouri DED administers a conditional data-center sales-tax exemption for qualifying new and expanding facilities. The program requires an application and project documentation and ties benefits to investment, jobs and wages. An existing program is not proof of approval for an individual listed site.
In the historical record
local moratorium
Independence pauses new data-center and battery applications
Council approved a temporary pause on new data-processing, hosting and battery-storage applications, preserving exceptions for projects already in the process.
The city specifically says the Nebius project is exempt. Prior submitted, authorized or approved projects are excepted; this does not mean every submitted project already has final approval. Roll call and later amendment status not verified.
