Are you a Shawnee County resident that wants to know what the proposed $3 billion data center can mean for your property tax bill?

Input the 2026 assessed value from your Revenue Neutral Rate notice or Property Tax Statement and we will estimate it for you. The assessed value is 11.5% of the appraised value of residential properties and 25% of the appraised value of commercial properties.

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The three largest sources of property taxes are the County, City (or Township) and School District. This past month the County Clerk distributed to property owners the Revenue Neutral notices for the jurisdictions that assess property taxes on residents. The following table shows the proposed 2026 Mill Levies along with the total revenue these levies will raise for the County, City and USD437.

JurisdictionProposed Mill LevyProposed Revenue
Shawnee County52.911$133,581,760.33
City of Topeka37.126$61,780,594.06
USD 437 — Capital8.000$6,497,656.91
USD 437 — LOB31.456$23,632,391.70

Based on your assessed value of $100,000 and property location, your share of these property taxes should be

JurisdictionProposed Mill LevyEstimated 2026 Property Taxes Due
If the proposed $3 billion data center is built, at a 25% assessment rate, this would add $750 million to the respective jurisdiction's tax base. This would increase the County's tax base by 30% and USD 437's LOB tax base by 100%. If the City of Topeka were to annex the property it would increase its tax base by 45%. For the County, City and USD437's Capital fund, the jurisdictions could either keep their mill levies constant — resulting in more revenue and bigger budgets — or they could keep their budgets the same and just lower the mill levy, offsetting each dollar of property tax revenue from the data center with lower taxes from all other taxpayers. State law sets a maximum amount of revenue that can be generated by the LOB.

The following table shows what mill levies would be required to raise the revenue proposed in the 2026 RNRs if the data center added $750 million to the County, School District and City tax bases.

JurisdictionPossible Mill Levy with Data CenterRevenue Generated with Possible Mill Levy with Data Center
Shawnee County40.793$133,581,760.33
City of Topeka25.592$61,780,594.06
USD 437 — Capital4.159$6,497,656.91
USD 437 — LOB15.741$23,632,391.70

What does this mean for your property tax bill? The following table compares your estimated 2026 property taxes due to what they could be if the County, USD437 and City use all of their increased tax base to lower their mill levies.

Jurisdiction Estimated 2026 Property Taxes Due Revenue Neutral Property Taxes Due with Data Center Your Difference