FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana that will help power its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business, company and state officials said Friday. The data center planned for Fort Wayne was announced in January. But Google disclosed the project's cost Friday and said it is expected to create up to new 200 jobs, ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for “a state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium” on the city's Museum Campus near Lake Michigan. The announcement Monday said the plans also call for additional green and open space with access to the lakefront. The team said last month it was prepared to provide more than $2 billion in ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ownership group of the Kansas City Current announced plans Monday for the development of the Missouri River waterfront, where the club recently opened a purpose-built stadium for the National Women's Soccer League team. CPKC Stadium will serve as the hub for the project, which will break ground later this year and include residential units, public recreation and ...
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Apr. 22—What has been called a "transformational" development at Ohio 122 and Union Road in Middletown's East End continues to move forward with the approval of funding for infrastructure work. Council last week passed an ordinance providing for the issuance of bond anticipation notes with the maximum principal of $14 million to pay the cost of engineering and multiple infrastructure ...
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LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday took another small step in the planning process for a possible $450 million renovation of Memorial Stadium, but made clear the move does not represent any final go-ahead for the project. The regents' measured approach to the overhaul of the home of Husker football comes in the wake of the departure of the original driving force ...
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Ninety miles west of Chicago, the corn and soybean fields stretch to the sky, and dreams of the clean energy future dangle — just out of reach. To the east of Route 52, there’s the first phase of the 9,500-acre Steward Creek solar farm, in the works since 2019. To the west, there’s South Dixon Solar, which once hoped to begin construction on 3,800 acres in 2022. Both projects have been ...
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Minnesota environmental engineers have proposed digging 27 wells to contain a plume of toxic PFAS chemicals threatening the water supplies of fast-growing east metro communities. The system created by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its consultant AECOM would consist of 18 wells to suck up tainted water; pumps and pipelines to send it to a treatment station; and nine wells to inject ...
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Missouri may provide tax breaks for a massive expansion of a south Kansas City federal plant where workers build key parts for U.S. nuclear weapons. The Missouri House is poised to pass a bill from Rep. Chris Brown, a Kansas City Republican, that would offer a sales tax exemption on all materials needed to expand the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plant in south Kansas City. The ...
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The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved various items so the university can start construction of a new 591-bed residence hall on South Green during meetings on Thursday and Friday on the Athens Campus. The residence hall, which will be the largest on campus, is Phase II of the University's Housing Master Plan. During the meeting, the board approved an increase in the overall budget for ...
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Apr. 5—Mercy plans to build a $650 million hospital in Wentzville, serving an area that has seen double-digit population growth over the past decade, the health care company announced Friday. Mercy filed a letter of intent with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services this week to construct a 75-bed, "next-generation" hospital near Interstate 64 and Interstate 70, serving the more ...
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