Missouri Town Council Over Data Center Approvals
Residents in Missouri towns are protesting and taking direct action against the approval of large data centers, specifically referencing a $6 billion AI data center.
January 2025
25 data center projects canceled following local pushback
A Heatmap Pro review found that 25 data center projects were canceled due to local opposition in 2025. This represented four times the number of cancellations reported in 2024. The bulk of these cancellations occurred in the second half of 2025.
Source ↗25 data center projects canceled in 2025 alone
A Heatmap Pro review of public records found that 25 data center projects were canceled following local pushback in 2025. This figure was four times the number canceled in 2024.
Source ↗April 2026
Missouri town council ousted after data center approval
A Missouri town council faced action following an approval for a $6 billion AI data center. The resulting tension led to the ousting of half the city council members.
Source ↗Missouri town council ousted half following $6 billion data center approval
A Missouri town council ousted half of its council members. This action occurred amidst growing local frustration regarding the approval of a $6 billion AI data center.
Source ↗Maine Legislature passes ban on large data centers
The Democrat-controlled state legislature in Maine passed a ban on large data centers. The House passed it 79-62, and the Senate passed it 21-13.
Source ↗Regina residents protest Bell Canada's planned AI data centre
Nearly 200 people gathered at the provincial legislature in Regina to protest Bell Canada's planned AI data centre. The protest highlighted concerns regarding the lack of community consultation for the project.
Source ↗University of Michigan sent legal threat to YCUA
The University of Michigan hand delivered and emailed a legal threat to the Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority (YCUA). The university argued the planned moratorium was 'unlawfully discriminatory' against data centers.
Source ↗RM of Sherwood council to consider data centre development agreement
The seven-member council of the rural municipality of Sherwood is scheduled to consider the development agreement for the project. This agreement pertains to what is set to be Canada's largest AI data centre facility.
Source ↗YCUA passed moratorium on water to data centers
The Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority (YCUA) passed a 365-day moratorium. This action paused the delivery of water to hyperscale data centers in the area for environmental studies.
Source ↗Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of distillation attacks
Anthropic accused DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of 'industrial-scale distillation attacks.' These alleged attacks involved illegally extracting capabilities from Anthropic's proprietary Claude model using 24,000 fraudulent accounts.
Source ↗May 2026
Michigan farm town voted down data center plans
A farm town in Michigan voted down plans for a data center involving OpenAI and Oracle. Construction on the project reportedly began weeks after this vote.
Source ↗St. Charles, Missouri listed with proposed data center ban
St. Charles, Missouri is listed regarding a proposed ban on data centers. The ban is described in the context of a temporary moratorium regarding proposed development.
Source ↗Construction began on Stargate AI data center.
Construction commenced on the Stargate AI data center. This occurred despite the voters' decisions in Michigan.
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