# Something is cooking in Kansas City’s tech scene — could it be a renaissance?

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- Published: 2022-03-29T09:30:48-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo of Downtown Kansas City, Mo. © SeanPavonePhoto – stock.adobe.com. Article by Jon Swartz. Microsoft News (originally published by MarketWatch) – March 26, 2022. Kansas City’s Golden Jubilee is about to happen. Some 50 years after the opening of its airport, as well as a sparkling football stadium-baseball park sports complex named after native son and former President Harry S. Truman, the city is ready for a long overdue makeover. The crown jewel of the renaissance is the $1.5 billion Kansas City International airport to open in March 2023, just in time for the NCAA Regionals that month and the NFL Draft mega-party a month later. On Thursday, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. announced plans for an $800 million data center at Golden Plains Technology Park, a 1 million-square-foot facility near the airport. […] Click here to view original web page at www.msn.com