Maya Smith / Lawrence Times
The City of Lawrence is researching data centers in order to decide what local regulation should look like. Staff will seek community feedback starting in the winter.
Planning commissioners on Monday approved an additional hurdle to prevent hyper-scale data centers from being built within Lawrence city limits.
Osawatomie city officials are tempted by what a massive data center could mean for the city’s eroding tax base, even as some residents revolt against the proposal.
Max McCoy, an award-winning journalist and author, will speak at a Lawrence event about the fight to place data centers in Kansas and the backlash the projects have faced.
Rep. Brooklynne Mosley never gets a clear answer when she asks proponents of data centers how closely they want to live near one. That’s because “everyone thinks it’s going to be in someone else’s backyard,” she said.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a two-year moratorium on large-scale data centers in Lawrence, extending an original one-year proposal, while city staff study longer-term code changes.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider whether to implement a one-year moratorium banning data centers in the city, though the proposed ordinance does leave room for exceptions.
Maya Smith / Lawrence Times
The first informational meeting of the Douglas County Data Center Watchdogs drew more than 100 attendees to the Lawrence Public Library Tuesday evening.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Community members will soon gather to host a public information session on data centers and discuss concerns about potential development within Douglas County.
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Patience Eméfa Dzandza Ocloo, the first international librarian-in-residence at KU, has months of research in Lawrence ahead of her as she funnels ideas about technology and information between cities, countries and cultures.
