Ottawa Residents Fight Tech Campus | Kansas City News

Kansas City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 25, 2026 · 1m

Ottawa residents are rallying against a massive tech campus project that could bring data centers and a natural gas plant, sparking a grassroots push for transparency and community control. A group called Ottawa United is fighting to get an ordinance banning data centers over 25 megawatts on the ballot, needing 600 signatures in 20 days. Despite the city’s claims of transparency, residents say they were blindsided by the scale of the deal and still lack answers on noise, emissions, and site plans — with Lightfield Energy’s due diligence deadline looming. Across political lines, locals are…