Michigan

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...

How Michigan’s Data Center Battle Went Off the Rails: A Deep Dive into the Howell Township Crisis

How Michigan’s Data Center Battle Went Off the Rails: A Deep Dive into the Howell Township Crisis

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Michigan is in the middle of a data center land rush. Meta, Google, Amazon, and other hyperscalers have been carving...

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Livingston County just blocked rezoning 1,000+ acres of Michigan farmland for a Meta-backed AI data center, putting a hard brake...

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

A township is trying to thread the needle on a billion‑dollar Meta data center that would turn 1,000+ acres of...

Meta confirmed as buyer behind $1B Howell-area data center project

Meta confirmed as buyer behind $1B Howell-area data center project

Melissa Palmer
November 20, 2025

Meta has been confirmed as the $1 billion, 1,000+ acre data center buyer near Howell Township, aimed at large-scale AI...

State‑backed AI data center exposes tensions between utilities and locals

State‑backed AI data center exposes tensions between utilities and locals

Melissa Palmer
November 17, 2025

Michigan is pushing a multi‑billion‑dollar AI data center backed by Stephen Ross, Oracle, and OpenAI into Saline Township, despite local...