Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the Independence City Council greenlit a massive artificial intelligence data center by approving significant tax breaks, ...

As Independence residents prepare to select their next mayor, both candidates’ support of a massive incoming artificial intelligence data center has taken center stage. Bridget McCandless, a physician ...

Independence residents ousted two of the five city councilmembers that voted to give a 90% tax abatement to the builders of a massive data center. The vote comes after a turbulent few months in ...

Dmytro Lazarchuk is a cofounder and CEO of Relokia and Help Desk Migration with over ten years of experience in data migration services. No online business can succeed without data-driven ...

As the mayoral and council elections approached, some residents warned that candidates' stances on the data center would be key to their vote.

Independence mayor-elect Kevin King speaks with Steve Kraske on KCUR's Up To Date Thursday, April 9, 2026, at Rochester Brewing & Roasting Company in the Crossroads. Kevin King, a former union leader, ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Buzz is building about a proposed new data center for the city’s east side. Dutch tech firm Nebius has purchased a 398-acre plot of undeveloped land for a project designed to ...

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 ...

While Independence leaders say their plan to bring a $150 billion, 400-acre data center to town — with the help of billions in tax breaks — is too far along to stop, a growing group of furious ...

After the Independence City Council greenlit a massive artificial intelligence data center by approving significant tax breaks, residents are gathering momentum in the hopes of presenting a legal ...