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AWS Project Green

New Florence, Montgomery County, MODeveloper: Amazon (AWS)

Also known as Project Green

ApprovedMontgomery County approved a tax abatement and incentive program; a lawsuit by Preserve Montgomery County survived most of a motion to dismiss in September 2026
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Amazon Web Services plans Project Green, a data center campus of about 1,000 acres near New Florence in Montgomery County, Missouri, which Amazon and Gov. Mike Kehoe announced in June 2026 as a $10 billion investment. The campus would draw water from deep wells in the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer, and AWS says all 17 proposed buildings together would use about 50 million gallons of water a year. The advocacy group Preserve Montgomery County is suing the county and the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and in September 2026 a Cole County judge let most of the case proceed.

Stated investment
$10 billion
Site size
1,000 acres

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size1,000 acres [3]
Source excerpt
“The 1,000-acre prospective data center is planned in New Florence on the corner of Hudson Road and Ellis Road.”
Buildings17 [2]
AWS says total annual water use at full buildout of all 17 proposed buildings would be about 50 million gallons
Source excerpt
“At full buildout of all 17 proposed buildings, total annual water use would be about 50 million gallons”
Stated investment$10 billion [5]
Source excerpt
“Amazon announced its plans to invest $10 billion to construct a new, state-of-the-art data center campus”
Permanent jobs (promised)400 [5]
direct jobs, plus thousands of construction jobs
Source excerpt
“expected to create 400 new direct jobs, thousands of construction jobs”

Power

UtilityAmeren Missouri [1]
Source excerpt
“Brent Speight, president of the Greater Montgomery County Economic Development Council, told KOMU 8 News that Ameren Missouri would provide the power for the Montgomery County data center.”
Power supplyAmeren Missouri grid; Amazon to pay full cost of electric service [5]
Source excerpt
“Amazon will pay for 100% of the costs to provide electric service to this new data center campus in Montgomery County, including all costs with connecting to the energy grid, with no incentives or discounts on electric rates.”

Water

Water sourceDeep wells in the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer (drilled to about 1,500 feet) [4]
Source excerpt
“Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer, with wells drilled to depths of 1,500 feet”
CoolingOutside-air cooling most of the year, with water cooling part of the time [2]
AWS says outside air is used about 93 percent of the year
Source excerpt
“outside air will be used for cooling about 93 percent of the year”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesCounty tax abatement and incentive program [3]
Source excerpt
“The County Commission's approval of a tax abatement and incentive program for the AWS data center”
Payments / community benefitsAmazon committed to paying 100% of its property taxes plus fire and ambulance taxes [6]
Source excerpt
“Amazon has committed to paying 100% of its property taxes, as well as fire and ambulance taxes”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Lawsuits

Preserve Montgomery County v. Montgomery County and Missouri Department of Economic Developmentpending [8]
The group says the county and state did not give proper public notice or adequate information on water and electricity use and tax abatement terms for the Amazon and Google data centers; the judge dismissed only a claim about grant administration.
Cole County Circuit Court · filed Feb 2026
Source excerpt
“Walker determined that the advocacy group does have standing to assert its claims and can move forward.”

Timeline

  1. KOMU reports AWS plans a data center near New Florence, with power from Ameren Missouri [1]

  2. AWS answers Montgomery County Commission questions on water use, estimating about 50 million gallons a year at full buildout [2]

  3. Montgomery County Commission hears public comment on the project [3]

  4. Preserve Montgomery County files a lawsuit against the county [8]

  5. Amazon and Gov. Mike Kehoe announce a $10 billion data center campus in Montgomery County [5]

  6. Cole County judge hears arguments on motion to dismiss the Preserve Montgomery County lawsuit [7]

  7. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker denies most of the motion to dismiss and finds the group has standing [8]

Issues raised

  • AWS estimates about 2.9 million gallons of water a year per building and about 50 million gallons a year at full buildout [2][9]
  • Residents raised concerns about noise, pollution, water and electricity use, and home values [3]
  • A lawsuit says the county failed to post proper public notice or give adequate information about water and electricity use and tax abatement terms [8]

Sources

  1. Amazon data center coming to Montgomery County
    KOMU 8 · Nov 26, 2025 · news
  2. AWS Responds to Montgomery County Commission With Detailed Water Use Commitments
    The Missouri Times · Dec 12, 2025 · news
  3. Montgomery County hears comment on data center project
    KOMU 8 · Jan 12, 2026 · news
  4. New Florence AWS data center to tap local aquifer for water
    ABC17 News · Jun 2, 2026 · news
  5. Amazon Investing $10 Billion in Montgomery County
    Office of Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe · Jun 15, 2026 · government
  6. Two huge data center projects in Montgomery County are dividing the community
    Columbia Missourian · Jun 14, 2026 · news
  7. Preserve Montgomery County hosts town hall on data center plan
    KBIA · Sep 15, 2026 · news
  8. Advocacy group can continue to challenge data centers being built in Montgomery County, judge rules
    KBIA / Columbia Missourian · Sep 21, 2026 · news
  9. Amazon's mid-Missouri data center could use 50 million gallons of water per year
    FOX 2 (KTVI), via AOL · Jun 9, 2026 · news