Facebook parent announces new data center in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to build an $800 million data center in northern Kansas City. Company officials, along with state and local politicians, announced Thursday that the company hopes to open the 1 million-square-foot data center by 2024. It is expected to bring 100 jobs to the area. It will be located in the Golden Plains Technology Park along the border of Platte and Clay counties. The announcement said Meta chose the location for its data center partly because of Kansas City’s central location, which offers improved network connectivity between coastal data centers and stronger security.