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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...