A data center proposal in rural York Township is raising concerns over the number of large energy-guzzling projects under consideration in Washtenaw County and how this could affect the local power grid, raise electric costs, and harm residential drinking water wells.
A data center developer informally approached the township, Township Clerk Kayleigh Zupi told Planet Detroit. No application is submitted and no decisions have been made regarding such a project, she said.
If an application is submitted, it would likely need to be reviewed by the township’s building and zoning departments, as well as its planning commission, before the township board could make a decision, the clerk said…