Data Center
Call for no data center tax abatements picks up steam
MARYVILLE, Mo. — An informational community meeting Monday hosted by Nodaway Says No highlighted the group’s opposition to any kind of tax incentives for the White Cloud Acres data center project. The opposition group’s broad platform has long called for no tax abatements for the proposed data center that would be built about 8 miles…
Read MoreNeighbors divided over White Cloud zoning proposal
GRAHAM, Mo. — Much of the discussion during a community meeting Tuesday evening concerning data center issues focused largely on a proposal to add zoning laws to White Cloud Township that will appear on the November ballot. The informational meeting — hosted jointly by Nodaway Says No, Nina Wiederholt and presiding commissioner candidate Scott Wilson…
Read MoreHyperscaler partner for data center could be announced soon
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Scale Microgrids could be close to announcing the company that would operate the White Cloud Acres hyperscale data center, a county commissioner said Tuesday. Slated to be built about 8 miles south of Maryville along U.S. Highway 71, Scale has been developing the $6.3 billion data center and associated natural gas power…
Read MoreReport to help city decide on data center wastewater deal
MARYVILLE, Mo. — HDR Engineering will produce an analysis of the city of Maryville’s wastewater treatment capacity to help city officials make decisions about requests from potential large users like data centers and power plants. The $9,780 agreement approved during the council’s regular meeting on Monday charges HDR with reviewing three years of wastewater treatment…
Read MoreCommission reviews health report related to data center
MARYVILLE, Mo. — A Nodaway County Health Center report estimates the health-related costs from the proposed White Cloud Generating natural gas power plant project in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the first year. But overall, the highly interpretable data in the report is unlikely to sway anyone on either side of the divisive…
Read MoreConstruction permit details data center power plant operations
MARYVILLE, Mo. — A subsidiary of Scale Microgrids filed a construction permit for a natural gas power plant with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources last week, outlining the 600-megawatt facility’s capabilities. The application was filed by White Cloud Generating, the entity that is developing and will own and operate the power plant located adjacent…
Read MoreNCED in preliminary talks with two more data center projects
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Nodaway County Economic Development on Wednesday announced that the organization is aware of “at least two” additional data center projects that have expressed interest in Nodaway County. In the announcement, NCED Executive Director Josh McKim said the organization is in talks with two “small-scale” projects. Both are in the “preliminary evaluation stage”…
Read MoreAttorney: Closed city meetings violated law
MARYVILLE, Mo. — City records show a pattern of closed meetings held by the Maryville City Council to discuss a wide range of topics out of the public eye, in potential violation of law, and that the council frequently approves seemingly erroneous closed meeting records which include votes from absent council members. The issues come…
Read MoreCommission approves data center moratorium
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Nodaway County Commission on Tuesday unanimously passed a moratorium on data center development in the county that went into effect immediately. The measure’s language did not change from a draft released to the public last week, the commissioners said. The moratorium is for a period of six months with an option…
Read MoreCommission releases draft moratorium language
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Nodaway County Commission on Thursday released a draft copy of a data center moratorium order and ordinance expected to be passed next week. The draft ordinance lays out what information the commission is looking for during the six-month moratorium period. That period may be extended another six months if necessary. Specifically…
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