The Daily Dig
Amazon is putting $10 billion into a new data center campus in Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri. The company and Gov. Mike Kehoe announced the project June 15 alongside state leaders, utility partners, and local officials.
The build is expected to create 400 direct jobs, along with thousands of construction jobs during the build-out. Montgomery County estimates the project will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new property tax revenue over the next 25 years.
Amazon worked with Ameren Missouri on the power side. The company will cover 100% of the costs to connect the campus to the grid, with no rate discounts or incentives. That cost structure is backed by Senate Bill 4, passed in 2025, which requires Missouri's Public Service Commission to set rates for large load customers like data centers based on those customers' share of service costs, so residential and commercial ratepayers aren't left covering the difference.
On the community side, Amazon is committing more than $7 million. That includes $3 million for emergency dispatch services, over $1 million for a new gathering space at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, and an additional $3 million across other community programs. Amazon is also launching a $150,000 community fund for local grant projects, and working with Arable Labs on irrigation technology aimed at cutting groundwater use by an estimated 100 million gallons.
Snapshot:
Developer/Owner: Amazon
Utility Partner: Ameren Missouri
Location: Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri
Sector: Data center / cloud computing infrastructure
Investment Value: $10 billion
Direct Jobs: 400
Construction Jobs: Thousands (figure not specified)
Status: Announced
Estimated Tax Impact: Hundreds of millions in property tax revenue over 25 years
Energy Arrangement: Amazon to pay 100% of grid connection costs, no rate incentives or discounts
Community Investment: Over $7 million total, including $3 million for emergency dispatch services, over $1 million for the Fairgrounds gathering space, and $3 million for other community programs
Community Fund: $150,000, for local grant projects in Montgomery County
Water Conservation Partner: Arable Labs
Projected Water Savings: 100 million gallons
TheJobWalk Thoughts
The Ameren arrangement is the detail worth watching here. Amazon paying full freight for grid connection, with zero rate breaks, is a direct result of Senate Bill 4 shifting large load costs onto the customers that create them. For contractors bidding utility scope tied to hyperscale projects, that means the developer has every incentive to push for fast, efficient grid tie-in work since they are footing the entire bill themselves.
A $10 billion campus tied to a 25-year tax estimate signals how officials are framing the long-term value of the deal to the community, not a confirmed funding mechanism. For local contractors and suppliers, that timeline is a better indicator of political appetite for future infrastructure spending in the county than a guarantee of specific dollars.
