The ‘developer’ of a Kansas data center swore under oath he wasn’t involved. My town is bamboozled.

By: Max McCoy

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 19, 2026

Words: 2,404

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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The sales pitch for what could be the state’s largest data center is built on a hyperscale whopper.

In sworn testimony from a federal bankruptcy proceeding, Gary Pinkston, the businessman touted as the developer of the proposed “Flint Hills Digital Campus” at Emporia, said he wasn’t familiar with the project.

Come again?

“I have no interest at all in that project,” Pinkston said under oath last month in reply to a question about the Emporia …

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