As large-scale data center projects are being proposed in nearby communities, such as Tonganoxie and De Soto, the Journal-World has examined how the rapid expansion of energy-intensive, "hyperscale" facilities could affect Douglas County and the surrounding area. Read the entire three-part ...
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 ...
After a storm caused a tree to fall onto the roof of the Homeless Resource Center near downtown Lawrence, the center's executive director said Tuesday that the building was not damaged. The storm brought heavy rain — up to 3 inches in the span of six hours — and strong winds across Douglas ...
Updated at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 A transgender Lawrence woman on Friday filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas after it invalidated her driver's license under a state law known as SB 244. The woman, Jamie Michelle Miller, born in 1971, underwent irreversible genital reassignment ...
Lawrence school board members approved a bus services contract on Monday with a new provider that will cost the district about $7 million in the upcoming school year. The vote was unanimous – with board members Shannon Kimball and Carole Cadue-Blackwood absent – for the three-year ...
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 ...