About SubTropolis Technology Center

PURPOSE-BUILT
STC has the infrastructure and flexibility for you to build your data center — your way!

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STC POWER
STC is served by Evergy with two diverse substations and 161 kVA transmission lines on the property.

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STC CONNECTIVITY
STC is strategically located near multiple short- and long-haul carriers: AT&T, Unite Private Networks, Spectrum Enterprise, CenturyLink and Bluebird Network.

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STC SCALABILITY
400,000 SF Phase I with an ultimate build-out of 2,000,000 SF. Powered shell within 90 days.

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STC PROTECTION
7x24x365 armed security. Solid limestone structure is 6x stronger than concrete.

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STC is owned by Hunt Midwest, a company owned by the Lamar Hunt family — owners of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Hunt Midwest has developed SubTropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex, since the 1960s when Ford, Pillsbury and Russell Stover became our first tenants. SubTropolis has grown to over 7.3M square feet of space (with 6.7M more available for expansion) and is home to more than 55 e-commerce, animal health, pharmaceutical, automotive and distribution companies that employ in excess of 2,000 people.

Hunt Midwest has long been a leader in industrial, commercial, retail, multifamily, seniors housing and residential real estate development. The development skills and expertise learned over the last 60+ years helped us design and build the ideal purpose-built data center campus for colocation, enterprise, wholesale and government users looking to take advantage of STC’s power, connectivity, scalability and protection.

ABOUT HUNT MIDWEST

Hunt Midwest is a Kansas City-based, privately held real estate development company with six decades of expertise in industrial, self-storage, residential, multifamily, and senior living communities, with more than $2 billion of developed projects in multiple geographic markets. Hunt Midwest leverages its reputation, resources, and relationships to create successful real estate solutions.

Hunt Midwest is one of the pillars of the Lamar Hunt Family’s holdings, which include interests in real estate, sports/entertainment, energy/natural resources, and private equity. Other marquee brands include the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bulls, FC Dallas, Hunt Southwest, and Trinity Hunt.

The World’s Largest Underground Business Complex.®

SubTropolis was created through the mining of a 270-million-year-old limestone deposit. In the mining process, limestone is removed by the room and pillar method, leaving 25-foot square pillars that are on 65-foot centers and 40 feet apart.

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT STC

“We chose to work with LightEdge because of their specialization in compliance and security due to our PCI requirements, and they did not disappoint. In fact, the LightEdge implementation team completed the migration months ahead of schedule.”

GoodwillLightEdge Tenant

“Kansas City is a strategic market for our local cloud, colocation and data center infrastructure. As we looked to expand into the Kansas City area, the unique attributes of the Hunt Midwest partnership and the unique STC underground facility made our decision to locate here an easy one.”

Jim MastersonCEO - LightEdge Solutions

“SubTropolis Technology Center and LightEdge are creating a best-in-class data center infrastructure that will offer a great combination of redundancy and capacity.”

Chuck CaisleySenior Vice President, Marketing, Public Affairs & Chief Customer Officer - Evergy

“Veeam, It just works. Just like LightEdge. We couldn’t be happier with their solution and support.”

SubTropolis Technology Center - Transpo Bus Services

John HouseTranspo Services (LightEdge Tenant)

“The relationship between LightEdge and Hunt Midwest translates into the convergence of financial strength, best-in-class hosted IT services, experience with hybrid cloud environments, a highly secure and protected location and low kilowatt (kW) power costs compared to other areas of the U.S.”

Jim MastersonCEO - LightEdge Solutions

“We are very excited about partnering with Hunt Midwest. The nearly unlimited bandwidth provided by fiber-optic facilities allows our services to easily and quickly expand as the needs of customers grow over time. Most of our customers like to future-proof their communications with flexible solutions to meet their ever-growing bandwidth requirements.”

SubTropolis Technology Center - Unite Private Networks

Kevin AndersonCEO - Unite Private Networks

“The robust electric transmission and distribution network – with multiple substations in the area and proximity to our generating station – is expandable to support future growth and power demands required by the tech industry. Plus, electric rates are among the lowest in the country.”

Chuck CaisleySenior Vice President, Marketing, Public Affairs & Chief Customer Officer - Evergy

“The robust electric transmission and distribution network – with multiple substations in the area and proximity to our generating station – directly supports the needs of the technology industry. In other words, LightEdge’s innovative data center facility at SubTropolis Technology Center makes perfect sense.”

Jim MastersonCEO - LightEdge Solutions

“The stability and flexibility that we have achieved by moving to LightEdge has freed capital and resources allowing us to stay ahead of technology changes, patient needs and our competition.”