Google appears to be the company behind the proposed data center that prompted protests and a one-year data center ban in St. Charles last month.
St. Louis Public Radio found at least seven limited liability corporations registered in four states that were involved in the early stages of various Google data center projects and with at least one of the same two registered officers, one of whom is named in St. Charles city documents.
Google did not respond to a request for comment.
The paper trail
St. Charles officials signed nondisclosure agreements with Spark Innovations, according to records obtained through Missouri’s Sunshine Law. That LLC has ties to Google…