AI data center meetings set for next two weeks

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MARYVILLE, Mo. — Two meetings opposing a proposed AI data center and an open house hosted by the data center’s developer are set for the next two weeks.

An informational meeting about opposing the project options will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at the Salem Church on U.S. Highway 71 just north of Pumpkin Center. According to a Facebook post, the event is hosted by Tim Schafer, a landowner who is against the data center.

A group against the data center, Nodaway Says No, will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, at the Maryville Community Center to discuss the impacts of data centers and strategies for opposition. According to a Facebook event, speakers will include those who are directly impacted by the project and the group’s organizers.

And Scale Microgrids, the company developing the data center project that would be built south of Maryville, will hold a public open house from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at the Mozingo Event Center, according to a Facebook post by Maryville Mayor John McBride. Representatives from the company will be available to answer questions one-on-one and provide information.

CORRECTION: The original version of this story did not include the date for the Scale Microgrids open house. The Forum apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.