Power, Grid & Data Centers
Digital Realty proposed paying each De Soto, Kansas, household $1,000 annually for ten years alongside its proposed local data center.
· ComputeLabs Research · from the October 14, 2026 edition
Digital Realty Trust’s proposal specifies a household-level payment. The supplied report says each household in De Soto, Kansas, would receive $1,000 annually over ten years. The payment proposal accompanies a data center the company proposes to locate in the community.
Both the payment program and the data center are described as proposed. The message does not state that municipal authorities approved the arrangement or that households have received payments. It also does not identify a signed community agreement or a payment commencement date.
The disclosed amount cannot establish the project’s total community-payment obligation. The source gives no household count, eligibility rules, or treatment of households moving into or out of De Soto. It also provides no data-center capital cost, power capacity, or construction timetable.
Additional reporting
- Digital Realty

