Lincoln & Metrobloks plan Kansas City data centre campus
Tue, 14th Apr 2026
Lincoln Property Company and Metrobloks have formed a joint venture to develop a data centre campus in the Kansas City area, starting with a multi-phase project in Liberty, Missouri.
The development will span about 30 acres already zoned and powered for data centre use. The site is within 10 miles of the GPC Missouri Internet Exchange Point.
The Liberty project is planned as a campus of about 568,000 square feet. It will be built in phases and designed to support hyperscale, artificial intelligence and enterprise workloads, with scope to expand beyond an initial 150MW of utility power.
The partnership combines Lincoln's existing data centre business with Metrobloks' focus on dense, low-latency facilities in metropolitan markets. Both are targeting demand from customers seeking computing capacity close to population centres and network infrastructure.
Kansas City has become an area of growing interest for data centre developers and investors as operators look for land, power access and network connectivity outside the largest established US hubs. The Liberty site is in a region offering central US positioning, fibre connectivity and competitive power economics.
Metrobloks Chief Executive Officer Ernest Popescu said the partnership marked a step in the company's growth.
"Partnering with Lincoln is an important milestone as we accelerate the Metrobloks brand. Combining our organizations' complementary skills, strengths, and resources will enable us to deliver value for our customers, communities and our respective shareholders. Lincoln has demonstrated data center experience in the Kansas City market and we look forward to this collaboration between our two companies," Popescu said.
Lincoln has built a data centre platform through its Data Centre Services group, which focuses on investment, development, leasing and operations. Since its establishment in 2010, the group has capitalised and managed more than USD $1.5 billion in data centre investments.
Those investments include 20 operating facilities with a combined footprint of more than 2.1 million square feet, underscoring Lincoln's effort to position itself as an experienced developer and operator as demand for new computing infrastructure rises.
Market focus
Metrobloks has focused on data centres for artificial intelligence and other computing uses that require dense deployments and low-latency connections. The Kansas City project reflects a broader push by developers to secure sites that can be brought to market with zoning and power arrangements already in place.
Access to power has become one of the sector's main constraints, especially as artificial intelligence workloads increase electricity and cooling demands at new facilities. Developers have therefore sought locations where land, transmission access and local approvals can shorten delivery times.
The Liberty campus is being designed with cooling and power systems suited to high-density computing requirements, while retaining flexibility as customer needs and technology change.
Ryan Sullivan, Executive Vice President of Data Centre Services at Lincoln Property Company, said the partnership brought together complementary expertise.
"This joint venture combines Metrobloks' specialized approach to delivering development-ready, high-density data center sites with Lincoln's experience executing complex projects across strategic markets. Together, we're well positioned to deliver scalable, high-performance facilities in the near term, within high-growth data center markets, beginning with the Kansas City metro," Sullivan said.
The development adds to a broader wave of investment in US data centre markets beyond Northern Virginia, Dallas and Phoenix, where land and power constraints have pushed operators to consider secondary locations. Kansas City has drawn attention because of its central location and existing network links, which appeal to both large cloud groups and enterprise customers.
Lincoln is one of the larger private real estate groups in the US, with activities spanning multiple property types in the US, UK and Europe. Its combined management and leasing portfolio on behalf of institutional clients includes more than 720 million square feet of commercial space.