As data center projects sprout up across the Kansas City metropolitan area, so are residents’ concerns over what that means for their health and natural resources.
How much area water do they use? How will this new wave of development affect energy demand and prices? What are the risks of building something that relies on burning fossil fuels?
Those questions — which have been raised in local rooms from Independence to Smithville to Spring Hill — come at a time when technological advancements and Donald Trump’s presidency have altered the way the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates industry…