Neighbors in Independence, Missouri, Sue to Stop Construction of $150 Billion AI Data Center

Missouri panel votes 6-0 against high-rise data center after 475 letters oppose it

City planners unanimously turned down a controversial plan to build a 20-story data center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, KCUR reported. What happened? According to KCUR, after heavy public pushback, the Kansas City Plan Commission unanimously rejected Miami-based developer Revitalization Unlimited's proposal for a 384-foot-tall data center.  Commissioners said they received 475 letters opposing the project and none supporting it. In a recen…

How data centers in Missouri converted neighbors into activists, from cities to farms

ST. LOUIS — The letters were hand-delivered in the January cold, slid into mailboxes along Sugar Lake Road by an unknown person who had signed them, “A Concerned Citizen.” A second data center is in the works for Franklin County,…

Neighbors in Independence, Missouri, sue to stop construction of $150 billion AI data center

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Months after work began on a $150 billion hyperscale artificial intelligence data center in northeast Independence, Missouri, a group of neighbors is suing to stop the 400-acre project in its tracks.

New lawsuit attempting to stop multi-billion data center project in Independence

A new lawsuit is trying to stop a massive multi-billion dollar data center in east Independence currently under construction from moving forward.

Independence group files lawsuit to block AI data center

Independence citizens are taking another swing at halting an AI data center project.