There has been growing concern from the Ypsilanti Township community over the University of Michigan’s plans to construct two data centers on Textile Road.
Community members are urging the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees to take action to prevent Los Alamos Laboratory and U-M from building data centers along the Huron River.
Vidhya Aravind is an organizer for the “Stop the Data Center” campaign. She says the 200 jobs planned to be created by the facilities probably won’t be filled by locals and will instead go to out-of-county residents and remote workers. She adds the centers are projected to have a significant environmental impact…