Data center profile · Northeast quadrant of the I-70 and Highway 19 interchange, New Florence, Montgomery County, Missouri

AWS Project Green (New Florence)

Amazon's $10 billion, 1,000-acre data-center campus in New Florence, Missouri, filed by NorthPoint Development, with a county tax-abatement deal and no MW figure disclosed.

Approved locally, early stage. Montgomery County said the project meets existing zoning and approved its tax-abatement framework 3-0 in Dec. 2025; Amazon pledged $10B in June 2026. No building permits had been awarded as of Jan. 2026, and no MW figure or utility contract is on record.
1,000 acres
campus site at I-70 and Highway 19
press
$10B
investment Amazon pledged
June 15, 2026; the county framework set an $8.5B minimum
8 + 13
buildings in two phases, as filed
county materials said up to 17 buildings
3-0
county vote approving the tax-abatement framework
Dec. 18, 2025
OperatorAmazon Web Services; filed through NorthPoint Development, LLC
CustomerAWS (own use)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next stepBuilding permits not yet awarded as of Jan. 2026; no construction timeline published
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 2 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

County actions on record. No rezoning or conditional use permit was required.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$10B
Amazon's pledged investment
June 2026 News report · June 2026
$8.5B+
minimum capital investment in the abatement framework
Dec. 2025 News report · Dec. 2025
$326M-$1.5B
projected real property taxes over the project's life
county cost-benefit analysis News report · Dec. 2025
$7M
community commitments in Amazon's June announcement
$3M dispatch, $3M programs, $1M gathering space News report · June 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Nov. 21, 2025
    Permits County says the project meets current zoning and needs no conditional use permit News report · Nov. 2025
  2. Dec. 8, 2025
    Site About 400 residents pack a town hall over well water, noise, rates and commissioners' NDAs, pushing for a moratorium News report · Dec. 2025
  3. Dec. 18, 2025
    Money County approves the tax-abatement framework 3-0 News report · Dec. 2025
  4. Jan. 12, 2026
    Permits Commission hears public comment; AWS expected to close on the land in early 2026 News report · Jan. 2026
  5. Feb. 18, 2026
    Power Site plan shows an Ameren switching station and private substation on Hudson Road (press) News report · Feb. 2026
  6. June 15, 2026
    Money Amazon pledges $10B for the campus plus community investments News report · June 2026
The buildings

Specs

3 wells plus stormwater ponds in the filed plan. News report · June 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Amazon Web Services: owner and operator
  • NorthPoint Development, LLC: filed the project and delivers site infrastructure
Decision-makers
  • Montgomery County Commission
Power partners
  • Ameren Missouri: serving utility, switching station
Opponents
  • Residents who pushed for a moratorium at the Dec. 2025 town hall
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

34 records from 7 documents

Drawn from news reports, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 7
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (2)
  • Tenant is AWS itself (owner-occupied; Serving utility is Ameren Missouri; Amazon is working with Ameren to ensure costs are not passed to other ratepayers; Plan as filed: two phases, eight buildings then a further 13, pl
    “Amazon is working with the local utility, Ameren Missouri, to ensure that costs are not passed on to other ratepayers.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Ameren Missouri is the named power supplier (DCD, from the county filing coverage), with Ameren-owned switching station + private substation in NorthPoint's plan; Service would sit under the MoPSC-approved Ameren large-l
    “Power supply will come from Ameren Missouri.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (11)
  • Project status: announced / early site work reported
    “Amazon has pledged a $10 billion investment in its upcoming data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • large-load service framework: Amazon is working with Ameren Missouri to ensure costs are not passed on to other ratepayers - under MoPSC's approved large-load structure (Nov. 24, 2025): 100% upfront direct interconnectio
    “Amazon is working with the local utility, Ameren Missouri, to ensure that costs are not passed on to other ratepayers.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Amazon announced Jun 15, 2026 a $10 billion investment in the Montgomery County campus (Project Green), with $3 million for emergency dispatch support, $3 million in community programs and $1 million for a community gath
    “Amazon has pledged a $10 billion investment in its upcoming data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Amazon announced Jun 15, 2026 a $10 billion investment in the Montgomery County campus, plus $3M for local emergency dispatch support, $3M in community programs and $1M for a community gathering space. Earlier county-sta
    “Announced on June 15, this will also include a $3 million investment in supporting local emergency dispatches, $3m in community programs, and $1m for a new "community gathering space."”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Chapter 100 tax abatement framework: minimum capital investment 8500000000 USD minimum
    “Project Green (Amazon Web Services, ~1,000 acres, up to 17 buildings, $8.5B+ minimum capital investment) is filed via NorthPoint Development, LLC.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Chapter 100 tax abatement framework: community investment 1500000 USD in 2026 to replace the county 911 system; a further $1.5M in 2027 for county needs; NorthPoint contributing $3M in 2026
    “Community investment: $1.5M in 2026 to replace county 911 system, $1.5M in 2027 for county needs, NorthPoint contributing $3M in 2026.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Chapter 100 tax abatement framework: projected real property tax contributions 326 million to 1.5 billion USD over the life of the project
    “AWS's real property tax contributions are projected at $326 million to $1.5 billion over the life of the project.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Tax abatement agreement: abatement structure real property: no abatement (full taxes); personal property: percentage abated on a formula rising over time text
    “The plan includes no abatements for real property, meaning the county can collect the entirety of taxes on assessed real property values.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Tax abatement agreement: taxes paid over term (plan projection) minimum $326,000,000; maximum $1,500,000,000 over 25 years USD
    “Amazon would be paying a minimum of $326 million in taxes and a maximum of $1.5 billion”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Tax abatement agreement: job commitments 150 jobs
    “Amazon will be required to create 150 jobs to get incentives and that Amazon's average salary for positions in the data center are $85,000.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Tax abatement agreement: community investment commitment 1500000 USD (2026)
    “Amazon has also agreed to provide $1.5 million in 2026 to replace the 911 system in the county and upgrade all radios and equipment.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (5)
  • County commission heard public comment Jan. 12, 2026 on the ~1,000-acre Project : Public comment heard; building permits NOT yet awarded (Jan. 12, 2026 meeting)
    “AWS is expected to close on the property in the first quarter of 2026, with Montgomery County Commission not yet having awarded building permits for the project.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • IRB/abatement ordinance, Approval of the definitive Chapter 100 agreements with: approved
    “The second part of the process was approval of the definitive agreements with Amazon, which was approved at the Dec. 29 meeting.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • IRB/abatement ordinance, Step one of the two-step Chapter 100 process: approval: approved
    “The approval of abatements is a two-step process, with the first part being approval of the plan cost-benefit analysis which was done at the Dec. 18 meeting.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Montgomery County Commission:
    “Commissioners vote 3-0 to approve the cost-benefit analysis and tax-abatement framework for Project Green.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Residents pushed for a moratorium at the Dec 8, 2025 town hall (several hundred attendees; concerns over water, noise, utility rates and commissioner NDAs) and spoke for and against at the Jan 12, 2026 commission hearing
    “Concerns center on water (most residents use well water), noise and light pollution, utility rates, NDAs signed by commissioners, and lack of public participation. Residents push for a moratorium.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Announced: Nov. 21, 2025
    “Montgomery County officials confirmed on Nov. 21 that an administrative review has been completed on two proposed data center projects that are under consideration.”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (2)
  • County code: 29139
    “The data center campus, dubbed Project Green, is set for 1,000 acres in New Florence, Montgomery County, in the northeast quadrant of the Interstate 70 and Highway 19 interchange.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • An estimated 400 residents packed the Dec 8, 2025 town hall at Montgomery City Elementary School; concerns centred on well water, noise and light, utility rates, commissioner NDAs and lack of public participation, and re
    “An estimated 400 residents — in a county where Montgomery City has under 2,900 people and New Florence under 700 — fill the Montgomery City Elementary School.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C