A developer is looking to build a new data center campus outside St. Louis, Missouri.

As reported by local press, including Fox and BizJournal, the Festus city council unanimously approved the annexation of several land parcels near US Route 67 last week, ahead of a planned data center development.

The council noted a developer had applied to build a data center on the 240-acre site, though no site plan has been submitted and no end user has been identified.

The city planning commission is set to discuss the proposals later this month.

Festus is a city situated in Jefferson County, Missouri, some 35 miles south of St. Louis.

Local real estate development group CRG, the development arm of construction firm Clayco, has been named as the firm interested in developing in Festus.

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.

Earlier this year, CRG filed for rezoning for a data center development on 440 acres in St. Charles for a project on behalf of an unnamed Fortune 100 company under the code name Project Cumulus. The company pulled its application in August amid local pushback, but may return at a later date

City Administrator Greg Camp said the project could see at least $1 billion invested.

The Festus city council recently voted to change the city’s zoning code to allow data centers.

Data center operators in and around St. Louis include Netrality, TierPoint, H5, LightEdge, and several local players.