Osawatomie, Kansas residents advocate for data center moratorium

Name: Osawatomie, Kansas residents advocate for data center moratorium
Uploaded: 2026-05-29T00:13:38.000Z
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: Residents in Osawatomie, Kansas are actively opposing a proposed 600,000-square-foot data center development. They are advocating for a moratorium on data center construction due to concerns about the project's potential negative impacts on the land and local community. The proposed facility would occupy 116 acres along 335th Street and Osawatomie Road.

News Clip2:35KMBC 9·Osawatomie, Miami County, KS·5/29/2026

Residents in Osawatomie, Kansas are actively opposing a proposed 600,000-square-foot data center development. They are advocating for a moratorium on data center construction due to concerns about the project's potential negative impacts on the land and local community. The proposed facility would occupy 116 acres along 335th Street and Osawatomie Road.

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Gov: Osawatomie City Council

Osawatomie, Kansas, community members are continuing to speak out against a data center proposal, arguing such a project would have major negative impacts on the land and community.  Many Osawatomie residents are raising their concerns about a 600,000-square-foot data center plan. The center would take over 116 empty acres along 335th Street and Osawatomie Road.

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