Hundreds of Missourians rally for pause of data center development, man arrested
News ClipABC17NEWS·Jefferson City, Cole County, MO·9/17/2026
Hundreds of Missouri residents rallied at the State Capitol in Jefferson City, advocating for a moratorium on data center development. They seek to pause construction until state-level regulations for data centers are officially established. The protest included concerns over the use of cropland for new data center sites.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Missourians from across the state met at the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon in support of placing a moratorium on data centers until state regulations are in place. "Now they are building one within a mile of our house, it's taking up good cropland, In fact, my two sons lost