UPDATED 9 P.M. AUG. 21
Douglas County’s newest next-door neighbor may soon be a big, energy-hungry, water-thirsty data center that provides the computer power for artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
The city council in nearby De Soto on Thursday evening took the first steps to allow an out-of-state development company to build — initially — $700 million worth of data centers on ...
Now departing Lawrence: Office Depot.
The office supply chain has posted “store closing” signs at its location at 2525 Iowa St.
An exact closing date for the store wasn’t advertised, but employees have been told to expect the last day of business to be in early October, the Journal-World has learned.
The retailer has been in Lawrence for more than a decade, but its closing doesn’t necessarily come ...
News and notes from the world of local technology start-ups.
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A business incubator on KU’s West Campus is in the early stages of becoming a research hub for what some would say is “spooky” science.
I’m talking about quantum physics (a former science teacher of mine just fainted,) and more specifically quantum computing. In the world of quantum physics, two particles — even those separated ...
Perhaps one of the few entities getting revamped more than KU’s football stadium is the NCAA itself. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod now has a front row seat for both projects.
Girod has been appointed to both the overall Board of Governors and to the Division I Board of Directors for the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
With the appointments — which last through August 2029 — ...
UPDATED 2:30 P.M. AUG. 19
A company that already employs about 150 high-paid pipefitters and sheetmetal workers at Lawrence VenturePark is beginning the process to build a second production center in the eastern Lawrence business park.
US Engineering has filed plans with Lawrence City Hall requesting financial incentives to build a new 75,000-square-foot-facility on a pair of prime lots along 23rd Street, ...
There has long been a multimillion-dollar chicken or the egg question at the University of Kansas and its football program.
KU Chancellor Douglas Girod got immersed in it even before his first day on the job. A couple of weeks before Girod’s July 2017 start date, the athletic director at the time announced that plans for a $300 million football stadium renovation would soon be released. A $50 million gift ...
