Residents in a rural area of Washtenaw County will vote next year on a ballot question related to a rezoning for a proposed data center.
Travis Matts is an organizer of the petition drive, called Protect Augusta Charter Township. He says the data center will create noise, environmental damage, and worsen electricity outages near the center.
“A lot of folks out there already have to have backup generators on standby because if the wind blows too hard, their power goes out,” Matts said. “If something like this [data center] does pass through, our power grid could fail.”…