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As Independence nears vote on AI data center funding, here’s everything we know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive, multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence data center is inching toward construction in Independence — and city ...
KSHB Kansas City

Could Independence data center raise residential rates? IPL explains why it won’t

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County, including Independence. Share your story idea with Tod. The laundry list of concerns Independence residents have about a ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Independence may give tax breaks to a massive AI data center. Residents are racing to stop it

Independence is already clearing the ground to make way for a massive 400-acre data center campus. Residents feel like the city hasn't been transparent, and are racing to stop it from being built. The ...
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Independence AI data center to move forward after city approves $6.2B tax breaks

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wave of artificial intelligence data center construction is sweeping the country, and Independence has become the industry’s ...
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Community comes together to voice concerns about Independence data center

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Tuesday night, concerned citizens met to share concerns about a new data center coming to Independence. Community members formed a group, “Stop the AI Data Center in Independence ...
WDAF-TV

Citizens file lawsuit against city of Independence over data center referendum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The citizens who founded the group “Stop the AI Data Center in Independence” filed a lawsuit against the city of Independence on Monday. This comes one week after the Independence ...
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Independence to vote on $6 billion tax break for massive AI data center. Here's what to know

Independence City Council set to vote Monday night on AI data center tax incentives. Approval would mean the data center developer would pay a fraction of the taxes it would normally owe on buildings, ...
KSHB Kansas City

Court rules in favor of Independence, Nebius data center project won’t go to vote

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County, including Independence. Share your story idea with Tod. A Jackson County judge effectively gave the green light Wednesday ...
KMBC Kansas City

Independence referendum fight heads to hearing after judge halts timeline

HAVE IT. SEARCH KMBC IN YOUR APP STORE FOR THE FREE DOWNLOAD. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON PLANS TO CHALLENGE THAT NEW BIG DATA CENTER IN INDEPENDENCE KMBC9 RACHEL REPORTS PEOPLE WHO WANTED A CITY VOTE ON THE ...
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They built their dream life in Independence. Now huge AI data center is moving in

Mary and Howard Hoff like to describe their 8-acre property on Bly Road in eastern Independence — a former working cattle farm anchored by a stately house — as “a slice of heaven.” When the Hoffs’ son ...
Kansas City Star

Independence schools say AI data center offers needed cash, even with $6B tax break

As Independence residents debate whether to welcome or resist the planned arrival of — and sweeping public subsidies for — a massive data center for artificial intelligence, some groups are making the ...
Kansas City Star

As Independence nears vote on AI data center funding, here’s everything we know

The currently defunct Blue Valley Power Plant in Independence, shown Thursday, January 29, 2026, will reopen and undergo a major expansion for the planned growth of an AI data center on nearby Bly ...