Candidates Bridget McCandless and Kevin King have both generally expressed support for the $150 billion AI data center coming ...

A Jackson County judge has temporarily paused the clock on a proposed referendum tied to a massive data center project in ...

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 ...

The citizens who founded the group "Stop the AI Data Center in Independence" filed a lawsuit against the city of Independence on Monday.

"This has brought our city together," one organizer said. "Some of the guys we're talking about, they never even met their neighbors until this all started." ...

KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne reports on stories in Overland Park, Johnson County and topics about government accountability. She's been reporting on data centers for more than a year in the ...

The city of Independence tells KMBC 9 it took them roughly seven business hours to respond after the initial petition was turned in Wednesday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...