Data Center

Ypsilanti Township residents and leaders opposed a proposed University of Michigan computing center at a second town hall, citing noise and environmental concerns.

A new survey from the Ford School for Public Policy at the University of Michigan shows most elected officials also have hesitations or skepticism about new data center proposals.

Michigan environmentalists are using growing concerns about AI safety to call for a pause in new data center projects.

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.

While campaigning for the politically purple 7th Congressional District, Lansing-area political organizer and Democratic nominee William Lawrence has made his opposition to data centers a key facet of his campaign. On Thursday, Lawrence took that call further, rolling out a plan to “Stop Tech Overreach.” The plan expands on his promises to push for a federal moratorium on data center development to establish proper guardrails.

The University of Michigan is calling the facility a "research computing center," but a hostile crowd of residents at a town hall meeting said it's a data center by another name.

How Michigan became a battleground for the development of large scale data centers. And MSU researchers team up with Native nations to find out what trees can tell us about tribal land management techniques throughout Michigan history.

The impact of frozen funding for a project meant to prevent invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan. Plus, how recently mysterious copyright claims have emerged on stories about a Florida congressional candidate’s Michigan bitcoin business.

The university announced Tuesday that it has selected a 144-acre parcel on Textile Road in Ypsilanti for the $1.25 billion project.

Here are former public health official Abdul El-Sayed's and U.S. Representative Haley Steven's positions on ICE, rising healthcare costs and data center regulation.