After residents in St. Charles protested a secretive data center proposal, developer CRG is eyeing Festus, Missouri, as a site for future sites. It's not clear what tax incentives or exemptions the data centers could receive, would would lessen their economic benefit.

Data center developer CRG says it is eyeing Festus as a potential area for data center development after the city council moved to annex several parcels of land.

In a statement to St. Louis Public Radio, CRG President Chris McKee confirmed the company is pursuing potential data center development on the recently annexed land and said informal conversations with city officials regarding rezoning applications have taken place.

CRG is St. Louis-based Clayco's data center development arm. In August, the company withdrew its at

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