Two large data center projects near Tonganoxie and De Soto could become Douglas County’s newest neighbors, bringing energy demands scalable to cities far larger than either town. Ever heard of San Francisco? The data center near rural Tonganoxie, Project Bluestem, would be about 15 ...
The artificial intelligence boom has driven companies to search nationwide for space to build "hyperscale" data centers – and it turns out, Lawrence is actually a place they could go. Not only that, the large energy-using structures wouldn't need much in the way of special approvals from ...
UPDATE: 10:50 A.M. APRIL 27 KU's Lawrence campus is reopening at noon today, university officials announced. All power has been restored to the campus. As of about 11 a.m., Evergy was reporting seven power outages that were impacting about 80 customers in the Lawrence area. The University ...
“Hey batter, batter, swing!” may not be a surprising chant to hear at Sports Pavilion Lawrence, but hearing it echo off the walls of a Parkinson’s Wellness class might be less expected. It’s a taunt Chris Long cheered out as her fellow group member, and Parkinson’s patient, readied ...
Normally, an electrical substation between agricultural fields in Harvey County drew little attention from residents. But then, the trailers showed up. They were filled with machines. Noisy machines. Questions about the operation grew, with the most from planning officials in Harvey County. ...
State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...