Kansas City is getting a new artificial intelligence data center, and developers are working hard to minimize its environmental impact, according to KCUR.
Hosting company Patmos is spending $1 billion to retrofit a 400,000-square-foot building that once housed a newspaper printing press. To help with the update, Patmos has qualified for a $100 million commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy loan, contingent on cooling system upgrades that will lower energy use. It’s the largest loan of its kind in the state and among the first in the country for a data center.
“With this loan, Patmos is able to continue to deliver on our speed to market promise for our clients while creating an AI Campus that serves as the technology hub for one of the…