Data centers are showing interest in Coffeyville.  City Manager Ben Brubaker says because the City owns and operates its own municipal electric utility they are in a unique position.  Brubaker says he wants any potential conversations with data centers to be completely transparent.

Brubaker says any proposal that the City would consider would need to protect the reliability of the electric system, ensure that existing customers are subsidizing development and provide long term value to the City. He says these standards are what have pushed developers away over the last two years.

Brubaker says he believes that if structured correctly having a data center come to Coffeyville would represent a significant opportunity. Brubaker says in the next 30 to 45 days they are going to be putting a public forum together where they can discuss the benefits and hear concerns about data centers from the community. He says he believes in the next 30 days they'll have proposals from two data centers.