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...
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...
Several potential data centers want to make Missouri their future home, but they have mixed reviews by residents. Many Missourians say they are concerned about rising electric bills, water usage, plus noise and air pollution. Others don’t like change or don’t want to...
Montgomery County, located in east-central Missouri, could soon become home to two massive data centers and add about 150 new jobs to the area. They include Amazon’s “Project Green” and another called “Project Spade.” County Commissioner Doug Lensing told Missourinet...
Can Missouri afford to scrap its state income tax? Max Gillman is the Friedrich A. Hayek Professor of Economic History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He told Missourinet that it could theoretically work, but it would hinge on the state luring large...
