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Happy Thursday, Kansas City! Google has purchased a second location North Kansas City for a data storage center.

• That’s 1: For several years, Google has been holding land in NKC’s Rocky Branch Creek for a separate 497-acre site for a data center that was approved by the Port Authority last year.

• Here’s 2: Recently, a subsidiary of Google purchased 500 more acres of land northeast of Interstate 435 and U.S. Highway 169. A Google spokesperson confirmed it was purchased with the hope of placing a data center on the new site.

• 3rd Time’s a Charm: This new location would be the third data center that Google has planned for the KC metro. In 2019, the company acquired 315 acres in Hunt Midwest Business Center which won conditional approval to build in December.

While all projects seem to be quite far from even breaking ground, the writing is on the wall that Google considers KC worth investment for housing data.

Opening

OP’s West Coast Influence

A new coffee shop/high-end bar is coming to Overland Park off Switzer and College.

• Great Drinks In The ‘Burbs: Entity Lounge, a new lounge that seeks to be a chill place for great cocktails and conversation is opening below Apex at CityPlace apartments in Overland Park.

• Party By Night: The space, which has been curated by the owners Belly Vang and Kirt Rithmixay, seeks to be reminiscent of a low-key but high-end bar that you’d find on the West Coast complete with marbled backgrounds and dark, intimate spaces for conversations.

• Pick Me Up By Day: The bar will function by day as a coffee shop serving lattes and other specialty coffees by Patricia Ghavami.

No open date has been set for the coffee shop/cocktail bar as the space is still under renovation. You can follow Entity’s Instagram for updates here!

Entertainment

Choose Your Player(s)

Activate Games, a Canadian company that creates spaces for live-action gaming experiences is coming to Kansas City.

• Video Games IRL: Activate offers teams and individuals the ability to test their skills in challenges such as navigating a laser maze, solving a video grid, and climbing walls that constantly change colors.

• Mazes Ain’t Cheap: The company chose Overland Park for the vibrant community and family-friendly atmosphere for its buildout of the space off 119th Street costing around $1 million.

• Building Corporate Culture: The games are geared toward teams of 2-5 making it a perfect outing for families and corporate teams looking to have fun while building a little teamwork.

Activate Games will be open in April, but if you can’t wait they are already selling gift cards and adding people to their mailing list which offers 50% off.

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• 🎤 A Daring Collaboration: This May, Tech N9ne and the Kansas City Symphony will team up for a performance at the Midland Theatre.

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• 🏠 Not In Your House: The Shawnee City Council just approved further restrictions for AirBnbs and VRBOs where they’ll need a license to operate.

• 🧊 Winning In A Winter Wonderland: The Chiefs’ playoff game against the Dolphins is going to be cold… like 5 degrees below zero cold.

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