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Astra Enterprise Park

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit proposedDe Soto, KS

Proposed data center conversion (280 acres) approved but no active construction; county growth noted, traffic data incomplete. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipelineThis site: …proposed newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Scale
60+ acre siteThis site: 280 acres newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: …nine data center buildings, including administrative buildings, would total approximately 3 million square feet. record · all sites with this
New use
Data centerThis site: …nine data center buildings, including administrative buildings, would total newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit proposednewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyRedevelopment, proposedWikipedia no source
New usesdata centerWikipedia no source
What is there nownine data center buildings, including administrative buildings, would total approximately 3 million square feet.newtypes-extraction reported

History and original facts

Acres280newtypes-extraction reported
CountyJohnson County
Census division4 · West North Central
NotesDraft from digitalrealty.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: Digital Realty proposes a data center project at Astra Enterprise Park, a site that was formerly the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant and is now being redeveloped for industrial uses in De Soto, Kansas.

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Planning

Planning notesApproved by planning commission.Wikipedia

Site context

Housing permits, Johnson County (KS), 2024798 units in 5+ unit buildings, 183 in 2–4, 1,733 single-family; 2023: 1,632 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 1 within 25 kmcomputed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)37,008 jobs in 1,806 establishments; average annual pay $40,991; employment location quotient 1.01; employment +0.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022489 jobs; 36 in retail trade, 0 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 20091052702)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 45th income percentile as adults; 1.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (490 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 64% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 8.9%; median family income $88,833; 146 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsDe Soto Unified School District 232 (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation918 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025425 county-logged events: 219 thunderstorm wind, 176 hail, 17 flash flood, 7 tornado; $760,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 66025, 2026-09median list price $359,950 (+3.8% on the year); 21 active listings; median 52 days on market; 9% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,857 establishments (-1%); 37,595 jobs (+4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $458,265 (+5% 1 yr, +28% 5 yr); typical rent $1,760/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)4,925 vehicles a day on W 103RD ST (major collector, 2 lanes); 1 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Proposed industrial redevelopment to data center (280 acres, 9 buildings, 3M sq ft total).

Why. Approved by planning commission. County population grew 5% (2018–2023).

Where it stands. Status: proposed. No nearby data center clusters (0 within 10km).

For a planner

  • Traffic data incomplete (trucks_aadt null).
  • Housing market: ZHVI $458k (up 4.7% YoY), ZORI $1,760 (up 2.7% YoY).

For a developer

  • Peer sites: 5 similar-sized industrial redevelopments (e.g., Central Manufacturing District, 265 acres).
  • No active construction or sale status noted.

What we do not know yet

  • No traffic volume for trucks (critical for data center logistics).
  • No timeline for construction. Data center demand context not provided.

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  • already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
  • 280 acres
  • county grew 5.0% 2018–23

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