Kansans fear impacts of data centers despite promise of economic benefits

Kansas communities can learn from ‘painful lessons’ of data center developments in other states

TOPEKA — Kansas communities exploring data center development must put policies in place to protect residents, the environment and long-term economic growth before building begins, national experts say. Mike Turner, a Loudoun County, Virginia, county official, learned about holding data…

Kansans fear impacts of data centers despite promise of economic benefits

TOPEKA — Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against…