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The city of Mexico is preparing new regulations aimed at encouraging potential economic investment and data center development – while still protecting residents.

A group marched to Ameren Missouri's headquarters Saturday to call for lower bills and cleaner sources of energy for the St. Louis region.

Ferguson city council OKs tax breaks for development and data center that would use Emerson campus.

The rally, which took place the same day as the annual veto session at the Missouri Capitol, replaced what was supposed to be a House hearing on data centers.

The governor spoke at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce "State of the State" at Great Southern Bank Arena.

Academics, business leaders and government officials spent the day making the case for and trying to build excitement for data centers coming to Missouri.

The press conference announcing the hearing Tuesday came hours before a Montgomery County anti-data center group released a survey that showed widespread opposition to a planned center there.

An advocacy group representing rural Missourians says a survey of Montgomery County voters shows the vast majority oppose construction of data centers there.

Companies including Amazon and Google are building data centers in Missouri amid a boom in generative artificial intelligence. For many communities, there are more questions than answers.

The Montgomery County Commission unanimously approved a tax incentive package for Google's new data center as some residents still fight to keep data centers out of their county.