Public packs the room for data center comments

Name: Public packs the room for data center comments
Uploaded: 2026-08-12T22:55:39.000Z
Duration: 17 s
Description: After a 90-day moratorium expired, residents in Leavenworth County, Kansas, packed a meeting to comment on new zoning rules for AI data centers. The public debate is intensifying over proposed projects like Project Bluestem near Tonganoxie and other potential data center sites in the county.

News Clip0:17KCTV5 News·Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, KS·8/12/2026

After a 90-day moratorium expired, residents in Leavenworth County, Kansas, packed a meeting to comment on new zoning rules for AI data centers. The public debate is intensifying over proposed projects like Project Bluestem near Tonganoxie and other potential data center sites in the county.

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Gov: Leavenworth County Planning Officials

After the 90 day moratorium expired earlier this week: residents packed the courthouse as planning officials took up new zoning rules for AI data centers — and the public had plenty to say. The debate over Project Bluestem, a proposed hyperscale data center near Tonganoxie, is heating up, along with other potential data center sites in the county  #LeavenworthCounty #ProjectBluestem #AIDataCenter #Kansas #KCNews #KCTV5