An anti-data center and battery energy storage system (BESS) group, Steward It Well, held an informational meeting in Haven on Monday, June 22. Nearly 100 people attended, including public officials like state Senator Michael Murphy, County Commissioner Don Bogner, Hutchinson City Council Member Steve Garza, as well as gubernatorial candidate Stacy Rogers. Steward It Well’s goals involve “working to preserve our God-given land, air and water of Reno County, Kansas.” The group had John Hecht and Mike Betzen present information and take questions from the public. They both have backgrounds in industrialization, engineering and agriculture in Kansas. They first presented information regarding what data centers are and what they do and secondly why the organization and citizens of Kansas should be concerned with the prospect of hyperscale data centers in their community.
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