Kansas City Hyperscale Data Center Trending

The newspaper invents a new word in order to rally public support against tech future.

Here's today's dead-tree advocacy against the machines . . .  

"The number of data centers — facilities used to house computer systems and optimize internet efficiency — are surging in the United States as new tech gains momentum and companies become increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence.

"Numerous data center projects that are eclipsing the size of older models are planned for the next few years in the KC metro, and some are already operating. 

"On both sides of the state line, in Kansas and Missouri, legislators have signaled that they want to encourage data center development through tax breaks designed for the facilities. 

"While national-level organizations are suing the EPA in an effort to get stronger federal safeguards, some local advocates around KC are calling on community and state officials to push developers to operate using clean energy sources alone."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Multiple 'hyperscale' data centers in the works around KC. What that means, see map

New data center projects that are eclipsing the size of older models are planned for the next few years across the KC metro.

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