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30/10/2026

A terrifying look at the harms of data centers. Not the fun kind of spooky. 😤

The only benefits that data center developers claim are jobs and tax revenue. Yet they often fail to deliver on even that. Instead, these corporations get tax breaks and the facilities have so few permanent jobs after buildout.

And they come with a myriad of harms that make life worse for everyone.

These massive AI data centers are not compatible with a livable future.

Join us in our fight to ban these developments in Kansas City!! 💪

Bit.ly/JoinSunriseKC

19/10/2026

Tomorrow’s hearing of the 20-story data center has been postponed!

ICYMI, the developers of the downtown data center are asking for one last chance to get the project approved before City Council. After the CPC denial vote in August, it put the ball in the developer’s court to decide whether they wanted to continue pursuing approval of the project. The CPC is only a recommendation body. The developers have requested that City Council review the proposal for a final decision. It will first be heard by the NPD committee of City Council. It was scheduled for tomorrow but has been held until Nov. 10th.

We know Kansas Citians don’t want this data center built. Make sure City Council shuts it down for good!

📧 Send an email now before 11/10: bit.ly/EmailNPD

16/10/2026

🚨The developers of the 20-story downtown data center are asking for one last chance to get the project approved before City Council. They need to know Kansas Citians don’t want this!!

Send an email now: bit.ly/EmailNPD

Here’s the deal: when the CPC unanimously voted to deny this proposal in August, it put the ball in the developer’s court to decide whether they wanted to continue pursuing approval of the project. The developers have requested that City Council review the proposal. As a first step, the proposal will be heard by the NPD committee of City Council. It is currently on the agenda to be heard on Oct. 20th.

City Council NPD needs to hear loud and clear that KC is done considering this data center. We want it rejected. The 475 residents who opposed the development at the CPC hearing made that clear. 📣

📧 Send an email now before 10/20: bit.ly/EmailNPD

Note: The downtown data center is on the agenda to be discussed on October 20th. We’ve also heard word from city officials that it’s possible the item will be pushed back to the first week of November. We won’t know the official hearing date for sure until Monday. If you want to give testimony against this development, please be aware of the possible date shift—all the more reason to send in email comment NOW!

15/09/2026

Don’t get distracted by the alarmist AI headlines.🚨 Tech leaders root their claims in the future because it diverts attention from the real harm AI and its leaders are causing now.

‼️We don’t need future predictions. We need accountability for current damage.

Neighbors fighting back against tech overreach in their communities are winning! Data center projects are getting stalled. Flock contracts are being terminated. More people than ever are actively involved in local resistance against tech’s resource drain and surveillance.

Join us in our fight against data centers here in KC. We need protection from these predatory developments. That’s why we are pushing for a data center ban in Kansas City! 💪

Join the fight: bit.ly/JoinSunriseKC

13/08/2026

Last week, over 55 Kansas Citians gave testimony against the downtown data center.

Here, one of our members points to Florida as an example of the harms of unfettered data center expansion in a community.

When water is scarce, heat is rising, and unnatural disasters proliferate, adding resource-intensive, fossil-fuel powered data centers poses a massive threat to the livability of a community.

11/08/2026

‼️The NPD committee of City Council will be NOT be hearing the “Data Center Transparency Task Force” ordinance today.

No need to go to City Hall on this issue as there will not be an opportunity for public comment. Thanks to all who have sent emails and were planning to give comment today.

Your voices are what moved the needle! After all the public and internal pressure we created these last few days, the ordinance was removed from the agenda. By being moved to legal review, it is unlikely to be re-introduced.

With a task force out of the way, this is our opportunity to call for a full data center ban!

Stay tuned on next steps.

06/08/2026

‼️Major win for Kansas Citians at the CPC yesterday! We pushed for and won a unanimous denial of the downtown data center proposal!

This is what happens when the people come together and fight for their community, rooted in the love they have for their city and their neighbors! ❤️‍🔥

The developer may choose to advance their proposal to City Council, but they’ll have a hard time getting it approved after yesterday’s vote. We’ll be following it and will keep you updated.

In the meantime, let’s channel this win at the CPC into a full data center ban in Kansas City! 💪

This upcoming Tuesday 8/11, the City Council NPD will hear an ordinance on a Data Center Transparency Task Force.

The proposed task force will be composed of 13 Mayor- and Council-appointed citizens who will serve for 2 years. Their purpose is to improve “transparency” and make recommendations around data center development. As the ordinance is written, we do not believe this task force will meaningfully protect Kansas Citians from data center harms. Rather, we fear the task force will be used as an excuse for elected leaders to delay real data center protections. We can’t afford 2 years of offloading data center regulation to an unelected, development-friendly task force. We need a real data center ban now!

Demand the NPD turn the task force ordinance into what it should be: a full data center ban!

📧 Send an email now before the August 11 meeting: bit.ly/emailNPD

04/08/2026

A day in the life of a Kansas Citian with a downtown data center. 👀🥴

Noise pollution, air pollution, & lower quality of life — all so out-of-town developers and corporations can make a profit.

🚨Tomorrow is your chance to shut down the downtown data center!

Join us at the CPC hearing to demand they reject the data center proposal.

Wednesday, Aug. 5 by 1pm
City Hall or Zoom

All details here: linktr.ee/KCDataCenterFight

03/08/2026

🚨This Wednesday is your chance to shut down the downtown data center!

Join us at the CPC hearing to demand they reject the proposal. We don’t want a data center overshadowing our downtown!

The meeting docket has been updated to say the data center won’t be heard until 1pm or later. We recommend being there a bit earlier (the Royals stadium re-zoning is being heard in the same meeting). We will be posting day-of updates on stories here.

📣 Sign up to testify with us: bit.ly/CPCAug5
(You don’t have to sign up in advance to give public comment to CPC. Signing up to testify with us is our way of coordinating showing up in power together!)

Wednesday, Aug. 5 by 1pm
City Hall or Zoom

All details here: linktr.ee/KCDataCenterFight

28/07/2026

It’s too damn hot! 🥵

These last few weeks have been miserably hot. And a fossil-fuel-powered data center contributes to the climate crisis that will make our summers even hotter.

‼️To protect our health and our city, we are demanding decision makers reject the downtown data center proposal! Show up August 5th to the CPC hearing or send an email today.
🔗 linktr.ee/KCDataCenterFight

Urban Heat Islands are created when a man-made environment reflects and absorbs heat, causing the area to be anywhere from 1 to 20°F hotter than surrounding green spaces. Kansas City has had a steady increase in temperature and annual rainfall since 1970, the combination of which greatly increases humidity as well as chances of heavier downpours and severe weather events.

The architect of this project has confirmed that “heat and water v***r will come off the building” as part of the cooling system. A new study shows that areas downwind from data centers can be 1 to 4°F hotter than normal and that effect can be felt over 6 miles away (as far south as Brookside and as far north as Gladstone).

These various heat effects compound. Adding heat and humidity to our already hot and humid downtown is dangerous and puts our most vulnerable residents at risk, including children who attend school across the street at Crossroads Academy.

📧 Send an email now: bit.ly/emailCPC

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