The fight against a proposed $150 billion data center in Independence, Missouri led to the recent filing of a lawsuit by citizens who object to the city’s recent approval of tax breaks for the project.
Three residents who belong to a grassroots watchdog group fighting the data center proposed by Nebius, a Dutch company, went to Jackson County District Court with a lawsuit. The three are asking a judge to allow a petition that could possibly put the tax breaks to a vote of the people.
Nebius proposed plans for a 400-acre data center breaking ground in the city this year. The company would power the the operation with its own power plant but the city council recently okayed more than $6 billion in tax breaks and bonds as part of an incentive plan…