The Dirt Behind Data Centers: Land, Power & Brownfields with Kris McGee

In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, host Logan Freeman sits down with Kris McGee, Senior Vice President with eXp Commercial, who operates Dirt Dawg Land Advisory Services and writes the From the Dirt Up newsletter.

Kris says it simply: "I sell land and sometimes it has stuff on it." Today's topic is land, infrastructure and why old industrial and energy sites may be overlooked data center opportunities.

Episode Highlights:

• Stay on the Edge: Buy right at the edge of growth, not too far out. Pioneers take the arrows.
• Who Pays for Infrastructure: Cities increasingly expect developers to fund roads and utilities.
• Follow Planning and Zoning: Rezonings and new infrastructure signal where land values are heading.
• Brownfields for Data Centers: Heavy industrial sites avoid the community pushback greenfield sites near homes face.
• Expertise and Patience: These sites carry risk and need real remediation expertise and strong utility relationships.

The opportunity is often in the dirt, or hiding under what is already sitting on top of it.

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