Community & health
Leavenworth County opposition mobilizes as data-center moratorium expires
Confirmed
- Date
- 2026-08-14
- Location
- Leavenworth County, KS
- Category
- Community & health
In reporting published August 14, 2026, KCUR described around 100 opponents attending a county planning meeting that Wednesday. The county’s 90-day data-center moratorium, imposed in May, had expired that week; KCUR confirmed contracted land for Project Bluestem south of Tonganoxie. The date here is the publication date documenting the opposition and moratorium status, not an asserted exact expiration date. KCUR said no companies had requested a data-center permit, so the land arrangements were not project approval. It described Bluestem as hyperscale; exclusive AI use was not established.