Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download
Garfield Township in Grand Traverse County has instituted a yearlong moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining Vivian La of Grist and Interlochen Public Radio reports. The developers of a proposed data center on the former McLouth Steel Site in Gibraltar are suing the city over its March decision to institute a one-year moratorium on […]
New Developments
- Garfield Township in Grand Traverse County has instituted a yearlong moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining Vivian La of Grist and Interlochen Public Radio reports.
- The developers of a proposed data center on the former McLouth Steel Site in Gibraltar are suing the city over its March decision to institute a one-year moratorium on data center development, Planet Detroit’s Brian Allnutt reports.
Updates
- Members of the Solon Township Planning Commission have voted to extend their six-month data center moratorium by another six months, according to MLive’s Ehren Wynder. The board initially approved a moratorium in February.
Legislative Action
- State Rep. Reggie Miller (D-Van Buren Township) has introduced two bills –House Bills 6251 and 6252 — focused on providing communities with information around the electrical use and thermal impacts of data centers. The legislation requires data center developers to submit information a facility’s energy use, cooling technology and any impacts on local air and surface temperatures to the Michigan Public Service Commission in order to move forward with the construction or expansion of a data center.
News of Note
- Breana Noble of The Detroit News examines how automakers efforts to pivot into the energy storage market ties into the demand for energy resources generated by data centers.
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