data centers

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.

The commission will host talks about regulations over a potential data center until early November.

The rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers is far outstripping efforts to regulate them in Missouri and other states

The Planning and Zoning Commission heard suggestions for data center regulations Thursday, the first of many.

A controversial plan to build a data center at the planned $3 billion Armory Innovation District in Midtown St. Louis received approval.

The suit alleges that the city had unlawful private meetings with developers and attempted to evade requirements of The Missouri Sunshine Law.