Alert Featured Tech hub, 'clean energy' data center part of Emerson campus renovation plan in Ferguson Nassim Benchaabane | Post-Dispatch Mar 19, 2026 Mar 19, 2026 0 Emerson Electric corporate headquarters and campus off West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson as seen on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. David Carson, Post-Dispatch SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nassim Benchaabane | Post-Dispatch FERGUSON — The buyer of the former Emerson campus here said that he aims to turn the site into a state-of-the-art technology hub. kAm!2CE @7 E92E AC@;64E H:== :?4=F56 Q>@56C?:K:?8Q 2 52E2 46?E6C 2=C625J @? E96 D:E6 E92E FD6D C6?6H23=6 6?6C8J[ D2:5 y:> ~?56C[ 2? 2EE@C?6J 2?5 C62= 6DE2E6 56G6=@A6C H9@ 92D E96 7@C>6C t>6CD@? 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Data center developers look to rural Missouri for acreage, power and a little help Developers have floated about a dozen proposals for data centers locally over the past six months.Â
