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Missouri Community Defeats Secretive Project to Build Massive AI Data Center

HeadlineAug 21, 2025
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St. Charles, Missouri, has become the latest community to fight off plans to build a massive AI data center. The developer of the project withdrew the plans this week amid growing community opposition to the secretive project. The community never even learned which company was behind the proposal.

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