Two of the five city councilmembers who supported major tax breaks for an AI data center were on the ballot Tuesday. Both ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Independence residents debate whether to welcome or resist the planned arrival of — and sweeping public subsidies for — a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A wave of artificial intelligence data center construction is sweeping the country, and Independence has become the industry’s next stop, whether residents like it or not. City leaders have paved the ...