Ferguson City Council approves contentious data center project 4-3

"You're out of order" says Ferguson city council member Nick Kasoff, left, to a heckling resident on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, during debate with Mayor Adrian Shropshire, center, and fellow council member Jamil Franklin. The full council subsequently voted to…

The $1.8 billion project will redevelop the former Emerson Electric campus into a data center hub.