Data center

While lawmakers did not advance bills this year, more are speaking out, calling for hearings and special sessions on data centers.

The press conference announcing the hearing Tuesday came hours before a Montgomery County anti-data center group released a survey that showed widespread opposition to a planned center there.

Academics, business leaders and government officials spent the day making the case for and trying to build excitement for data centers coming to Missouri.

State Rep. Don Mayhew says he is leading an effort with several fellow Missouri House members to urge Gov. Mike Kehoe to call a special legislative session focused on the rapid expansion of large-scale data centers across the state.

Missourians from across the state, including residents of Festus, gathered to speak out against the development of data centers.

Companies including Amazon and Google are building data centers in Missouri amid a boom in generative artificial intelligence. For many communities, there are more questions than answers.

The rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers is far outstripping efforts to regulate them in Missouri and other states

A Nodaway County organization known as “Nodaway Says No” held an informational meeting Wednesday evening to discuss opposition to a proposed data center planned for southern Nodaway County.

Lawmakers express interest in job and tax revenue technology could bring.

Iowa labor advocates have announced their support for the burgeoning number of data centers under construction around the state. They say the need for data storage is on the rise, and the state is in need of quality employment opportunities.