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Alcove Development and MDH Partners are preparing a zoning application for Project Catalyst, a proposed 283-acre hyperscale data center near Osawatomie State Hospital in Kansas.
The project could bring substantial tax and fee revenue to the city and surrounding jurisdictions, but residents and former hospital staff have raised concerns about noise, lighting, vibration, safety, electricity demand, and environmental effects near court-committed psychiatric patients. Formal studies and applications remain pending, with construction reportedly targeted for 2028 if approvals proceed.
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It provides the clearest overall account of the project, its projected economic benefits, hospital-safety concerns, and pending approval process.
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It adds local context on Osawatomie's hoped-for economic gains alongside concerns about jobs, zoning, infrastructure, and environmental effects.
Projected revenue is competing with local risk concerns
Project Catalyst is being promoted as a major source of tax, franchise-fee, and other local revenue, but those projected gains have not resolved opposition over patient protections, limited employment, zoning conversion, infrastructure demands, and environmental effects.
The project remains in a pre-approval review phase
Project Catalyst cannot advance until a formal application, required studies, zoning actions, and city review are completed. Construction is therefore still contingent on a pending approval process rather than an authorized buildout.
at least $30 million USD per year
projected revenues for Osawatomie
“Osawatomie could receive at least $30 million annually through property taxes, franchise fees and other revenues.”
more than $10 million USD per year
projected annual property tax revenue for the Osawatomie school district
“Miami County could receive more than $10 million annually, while the Osawatomie school district is projected to receive more than $10 million in annual property tax revenue.”
more than $10 million USD per year
projected revenues for Miami County
“Miami County could receive more than $10 million annually, while the Osawatomie school district is projected to receive more than $10 million in annual property tax revenue.”
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Alcove Development and MDH Partners are preparing a zoning application for Project Catalyst, a proposed 283-acre hyperscale data center near Osawatomie State Hospital in Kansas. The project could bring substantial tax and fee revenue to the city and surrounding jurisdictions, but residents and former hospital staff have raised concerns about noise, lighting, vibration, safety, electricity demand, and environmental effects near court-committed psychiatric patients. Formal studies and applications remain pending, with construction reportedly targeted for 2028 if approvals proceed.