Michigan

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Michigan lawmakers are moving to repeal sales and use tax breaks for hyperscale data centers, directly targeting incentives that helped...

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Lowell Township just hit pause on a rezoning request tied to a proposed data center after intense local opposition. The...

Local resistance reshapes Michigan’s AI data center expansion plans

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Developers just walked away from a $1 billion Howell Township data center after months of community pushback, and the same...

AI data centers reshape Michigan as tax breaks spark contested buildout

AI data centers reshape Michigan as tax breaks spark contested buildout

Melissa Palmer
December 16, 2025

Michigan is emerging as a Midwest AI data center hotspot, with at least 16 sites in play across 10 counties,...

massive Southfield AI data center despite neighborhood concerns

massive Southfield AI data center despite neighborhood concerns

Melissa Palmer
December 16, 2025

Southfield just cleared a $1.5 billion, two‑story data center near I‑696, which is big money and a big regional footprint...

Local pushback halts Howell, Michigan Township rezoning for massive AI data center

Local pushback halts Howell, Michigan Township rezoning for massive AI data center

Melissa Palmer
December 8, 2025

Developers have pulled their rezoning bid for a 1,000-acre Howell Township parcel that was being positioned for a “massive AI...

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Deep Green wants to build a 24 MW data center on underused parking lots in downtown Lansing, with Lansing potentially...

Michigan Data Center Perspective: Seeing a rare chance to grow tax base and services

Michigan Data Center Perspective: Seeing a rare chance to grow tax base and services

Melissa Palmer
December 3, 2025

This is a very rare pro-data center piece. The column makes the case that a proposed $1–5 billion data center...

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 2, 2025

Massive AI compute projects aren’t coming online in anonymous server rooms anymore. They are arriving as AI campuses: hundreds of acres,...

The Hidden Constraint in the AI Race: Communities Saying No

The Hidden Constraint in the AI Race: Communities Saying No

Melissa Palmer
November 29, 2025

Something fundamental is shifting inside the United States, and it has nothing to do with GPU supply or model sizes...