Diamond Farms, on Robertsville Road south of Gray Summit, is seen on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr., owner of Diamond Farms and CEO of the Franklin County-based Bank of Washington, requested Franklin County to rezone his farmland to accommodate plans to build a data center. The Shaw Nature Reserve is pictured to the east of Robertsville Road.
David Carson, Post-DispatchFRANKLIN COUNTY — A local bank CEO is working to bring a data center to nearly 600 acres of his land south of Interstate 44 in Gray Summit.
Diamond Farms, located in the Gray Summit area on Robertsville Road, is seen on Jan. 22, 2026. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr., owner of the property and CEO of the Franklin County-based Bank of Washington, requested the county to rezone his land to accommodate plans for a data center.
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Diamond Farms, on Robertsville Road south of Gray Summit, is seen on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr., owner of Diamond Farms and CEO of the Franklin County-based Bank of Washington, requested Franklin County to rezone his farmland to accommodate plans to build a data center. The Shaw Nature Reserve is pictured to the east of Robertsville Road.
Diamond Farms, located in the Gray Summit area on Robertsville Road, is seen on Jan. 22, 2026. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr., owner of the property and CEO of the Franklin County-based Bank of Washington, requested the county to rezone his land to accommodate plans for a data center.
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