JSTA to hold meeting on next strategy to fight data center
News ClipThe Joplin Globe·Joplin, Jasper County, MO·4/1/2026
The Joplin Sustainable Technology Alliance (JSTA) is organizing a community meeting to develop a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for potential data center construction at Wildwood Ranch. The JSTA also plans to launch a signature drive to get a 12-month data center moratorium on the November election ballot. This aims to protect residents following the land's recent annexation and rezoning.
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The Joplin Sustainable Technology Alliance (JSTA) has scheduled a community meeting for Saturday, April 4, to engage residents in developing a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). This agreement is intended to provide greater protections for the community should a data center be constructed at Wildwood Ranch, a site that was annexed into the city and rezoned earlier this year.
In a related effort, JSTA is initiating a final signature drive. The goal of this campaign is to secure enough signatures to place a ballot question before voters in the upcoming November election, proposing a 12-month moratorium on data center development within the city limits. These actions underscore ongoing local efforts to influence and potentially control data center projects in Joplin.