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Residents pack fairgrounds building, voice strong opposition to proposed data center near Tonganoxie
More than a thousand people piled in — or near —the Administration Building on Wednesday at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds to share comments and concerns about the proposed Project Bluestem hyper scale data center and power plant proposed on more than 1,000 acres south of Tonganoxie. Heated comments filled the muggy building at time, but Leavenworth County Commission members listened to residents’ pleads to not let the center become a reality. Commissioners Mike Stieben, Vanessa Reid and Jeff Culbertson listened as a continuous line of residents shared their thoughts on the ...