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Verified Video Reports & Public Information

A curated record of our video campaigns alongside other verified campaigns documenting municipal meetings, electric utility expansion filings, and environmental assessments in Southeast Kansas.

Big tech promises prosperity, but the reality of massive AI data centers coming to small towns tells a very different story. On Day 13 of our campaign, we break down the 13 critical reasons why Coffeyville and communities across Kansas must enact an immediate legal moratorium before local resources, power grids, and taxpayer funds are handed away.

Key Video Investigations

Our daily video investigations expose the reality of the data center threat across three vital pillars:

• Our Pocketbooks, exposing the corporate tax and job myths

• Our Water & Grid, protecting our agricultural resources and local utility rates

• Our Democracy, fighting municipal secrecy.

Watch these curated reports to see exactly what is at stake and why our community is standing together to demand a legal moratorium.

Regular Video Investigations

Economic Impact

💳 Our Pocketbooks & Economy

Day 1

The Jobs Lie

While developers promise hundreds of high-paying tech jobs to win over local support, the reality of automated server warehouses is much different. Once construction is complete, a multi-million-dollar facility typically employs only 15 to 20 permanent staff, mostly in security and janitorial roles.

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Day 3

The Real Cost of Kansas SB 98

Under Kansas Senate Bill 98, data center developers receive a massive 20-year, 100% sales tax exemption on all hardware. Because servers wear out every three to five years, tech giants buy billions in replacement equipment completely tax-free, leaving local taxpayers to carry the full infrastructure burden.

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Day 11

Evergy’s 10% Rate Hike & Subsidizing Big Tech

Everyday Kansas families are being hit with double-digit utility rate hikes to fund natural gas expansions. At the exact same time, state regulators are approving special, discounted large-load tariffs to court over twenty massive data centers across the state.

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Environmental Impact

💧 Our Resources & Water

Day 12

Closed-Loop Myths & Water Realities

Tech firms love to pitch 'closed-loop' cooling as a zero-impact water solution, but these systems require heavy chemical additives and periodic sewer flushes. Any facility larger than ten megawatts poses direct contamination and drawdown risks to local agriculture and the Verdigris River.

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Day 19

Why $4 Microchips Could Make Data Centers Obsolete

City officials claim Coffeyville must double our power grid capacity to host massive physical server footprints. Yet, rapid hardware breakthroughs in edge AI allow complex models to run locally on four-dollar microchips, threatening to turn these mega-facilities into stranded, obsolete assets in less than a decade.

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Day 40

The Closed-Loop Water Trap & Utility Debt Crisis

Switching data center cooling from wet to dry systems doesn't eliminate water usage—it simply transfers the massive resource burden off-site to regional power stations. Across the country, grid-driven capacity upgrades are doubling family electric bills, forcing many into predatory debt loops just to keep their lights on.

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Civic Rights

⚖️ Our Democracy & Rights

Day 16

When Kansas Cities Sue Their Own Voters

When over 1,400 Emporia residents signed a verified public petition to vote on a massive data center project, local commissioners responded by filing a district court lawsuit against their own voters. This video exposes the shocking overreach of city commissions that would rather silence their citizens than allow public scrutiny.

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Day 21

Unanimous 6-0 Rejection: Kansas City Blocks Data Center

In a historic victory for local democracy, the Kansas City Plan Commission voted unanimously to block a proposed high-rise data center. Organized citizen resistance successfully defeated the developer's lobby, proving that packed city halls and unified action can save our communities.

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Day 38

Big Tech’s Cyber Warning: The AI Infrastructure Threat

Over one hundred technology and cybersecurity giants published a joint warning that frontier AI models are supercharging hacking tools. If the very companies profiting from these models admit they cannot secure them against public utility exploits, we shouldn’t invite that risk into our backyard.

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Featured Final Video

Final Day 48

Introducing Derangitol!

A lighthearted satirical commercial about a fictional drug named Derangitol™ for our neighbors—because sometimes a community needs a good laugh. Even with the goofy fun, we stay rooted in the serious fight for clean water, affordable power, and local control.

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