{"id":182382,"date":"2026-01-28T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:25:09","slug":"independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence, Mo., to Reopen Old Power Plant for AI Data Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center\">Independence, Mo., to Reopen Old Power Plant for AI Data Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/independence-mo-to-reopen-old-power-plant-for-ai-data-center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-28 12:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Independence is hosting a large artificial intelligence data center being constructed by Nebius, a European cloud management systems company.<\/li>\n<li>To meet the power demands of the data center, the city is reopening and expanding its Blue Valley Power Plant, which will primarily generate energy from natural gas using 15 turbines.<\/li>\n<li>Until the power plant is operational next year, Independence is negotiating contracts with NextEra and Evergy for temporary power solutions, known as &#8220;passthrough contracts.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Blue Valley Power Plant will eventually generate up to 800 megawatts of capacity, which will be opened in stages. <\/li>\n<li>Nebius will reimburse the city for using external energy providers until the power plant is fully operational. 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