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Here is what the record shows, with dates. Completed interconnection applications are not a named customer, not a Newton County pin, and not proof they will build. A closed meeting is not a deal. We follow the load with paper. If we cannot show the document, we do not say it.
| Date | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 11, 2026 | Liberty testimony, ET-2026-0184. Aaron Doll: "there are currently two prospective customers in Liberty's interconnection queue" with completed SPP applications. Charlotte Emery: pipeline "measured in the hundreds of megawatts"; "a single 300 MW Large Load customer could increase Liberty's energy by as much as 50%." Liberty asked for a decision by Jan. 31, 2027 because prospects "place significant value on certainty." | PSC docket |
| Sept. 3, 2026 | Missouri American Water closed on Neosho water and sewer for $34.5 million. It is pursuing Baynham Branch Reservoir, 828 acres on a Shoal Creek tributary southwest of Granby, about 20 million gallons a day. Corps file SWL-2019-00034, public notice April 3, 2025. | DNR page |
| Aug. 14, 2026 | Algonquin CEO Rod West: Missouri "is in the heat map of interest of the types of load that are consistent with data center interest." He "cannot disclose" the pipeline. | Q2 2026 earnings call |
| Aug. 11, 2026 | Liberty's Nate Morris: "We're not planning these upgrades with data centers in mind." Print it. Fairness builds trust. | Cassville Democrat |
| July 9, 2026 | Neosho City Manager David Kennedy said the city "had received a call earlier this year from someone looking to build a data center," asking about industrial park property. Commissioner Mark Knight: county zoning "possibly" spring 2027. | Joplin Globe; KSN |
| July 7, 2026 | Neosho passes a one-year data center moratorium, city limits only. | Joplin Globe July 9, 2026 |
| June 15 and 17, 2026 | Newton County closed "Real Estate" session under RSMo 610.021(2), then a calendar line "Data Center Meeting, Jefferson City." | County notices |
Newton County has no zoning. The city moratorium stops at the city limits. Water and sewer now sit with Missouri American Water. Chapter 100 runs through the county IDA. Liberty asked the PSC for a protective order on customer names. None of that proves a Newton County campus. It is why the public record is thin.
Joplin annexed Wildwood Ranch. Geronimo talked hyperscale near Sarcoxie. Sedgwick County paused data center applications through Dec. 24, 2026. Those are regional facts. They do not pin a developer on Neosho.
No Sunshine letters are logged here yet. When one goes out, it goes on this table: custodian, date sent, what was asked, response due, what came back. Silence is an answer. Host the PDF next to the row.
Start with the County Clerk, the City Clerk, and Missouri DED. Request language is in the research PDF.
SPP ordered the line for winter storms. Ratepayers in three states pay for it. Spare capacity can serve later interconnects. That is how a grid works. It is not proof this corridor was drawn for a named campus. Ask who is in the queue. Publish the answer.
