Missouri leaders are celebrating Google’s announcement that the company will build a $15 billion data center in Montgomery County. According to Gov. Mike Kehoe, the project is the largest single investment in the state’s history. The massive center will be just...
Data centers are becoming a growing issue in communities across Missouri, prompting local leaders to seek more information about their potential impact. The Missouri Association of Counties is planning a data center summit next month for its members, which include...
As the number of proposed data centers in Missouri grows, so it seems do the number of lawsuits designed to stop them from being built. Chris Azevedo, economics professor at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, told Missourinet why data center lawsuits...
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, calls it “terrific” – it being President Trump’s “ratepayer protection pledge” negotiated with tech companies announced during Tuesday’s State of the Union Address. “I’m glad the President is pushing them on this, and I think...
Several Missouri lawmakers say the state’s data boom needs guardrails. Reps. Colin Wellenkamp, R-St. Charles, and Mike Costlow, R-Dardenne Prairie have introduced bills to do just that. Wellenkamp, Chairman of the Missouri Future Caucus, said the legislation is called...
