Community meeting planned in Park Hills to organize opposition to data centers

Community meeting planned in Park Hills to organize opposition to data centers

News ClipPark Hills Daily Journal·Park Hills, St. Francois County, MO·8/20/2026

A public meeting is scheduled in Park Hills, Missouri, for residents to organize opposition against potentially proposed data centers in Southeast Missouri. The meeting, assisted by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, aims to prevent data center construction in the local Parkland-area communities, including St. Francois, Madison, and Ste. Genevieve counties.

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Residents of Park Hills, Missouri, are set to gather on August 20 at The Ashlar Complex to organize opposition against the potential construction of data centers in the region. The meeting, which begins at 6 p.m., is being facilitated by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, a non-profit, non-partisan organization.

The primary goal of the gathering is to share information and coordinate efforts to prevent data centers from being built in local Parkland-area communities. Growing concerns about data center development have been noted across Southeast Missouri, particularly in St. Francois, Madison, and Ste. Genevieve counties. The Park Hills Daily Journal announced it is researching several related stories and urged anyone contacted by a data center or related organization to share information.