Genome Data Center
222 South Newstead Avenue · Saint Louis, St. Louis County, MO
Source: OpenStreetMap
Genome Data Center is a mapped data center in St. Louis County, MO, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 24,519 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkGenome Data Center is a mapped colocation site in Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, operated by Prime Data Centers. Public records put its footprint at 24,519 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Kirkwood inside the MISO grid, and is noted as a Washington University in St. Louis data center.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentPrime Data Centers
- Files asPrime Data Centers
- This facilityGenome Data Center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Wind21.6%
- Natural Gas21.4%
- Coal20.5%
- Solar18.4%
- Nuclear14.1%
- Imports2.2%
- Other1.8%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- As data center worries grow, here is every US state which is fighting back against new buildingsMSN· Jun 10, 2026
- Amazon’s mid-Missouri data center could use 50 million gallons of water per yearFOX 2· Jun 9, 2026
- How many data centers are in Missouri?FOX 2· May 28, 2026
- Prime Data Centers Breaks Ground on Three Buildings in PhoenixConstructConnect News· May 26, 2026
- St. Louis delays data center zoning vote as anger grows over controversial midtown projectYahoo· May 26, 2026
- Developer Unveils $3 Billion St. Louis Data Center PlanConstructConnect News· May 22, 2026
Data-center discussions in St. Louis County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (St. Louis (Metro-east)), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Atlas Elementary in St.louis, is 0.3 mi from this site (205 students). 8 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.