Deep Green announced plans to bring a $120 million, 24-megawatt, ultra-efficient data center to downtown Lansing. The project blends advanced computing capacity with a carbon-neutral heat recovery system, a combination expected to make Lansing a showcase for sustainable infrastructure and next-generation energy efficiency.
For those less familiar, data centers are networks of computer processors that power critical digital functions, such as cloud storage, user connectivity and artificial intelligence computing.
Deep Green develops and operates high-density, ultra-efficient data centers that capture and reuse the heat they generate while using what the company described as negligible amounts of water. In Lansing, Deep Green plans to partner with the Lansing Board of Water and Light to channel free, carbon-neutral heat directly into BWL’s hot water system — reducing carbon emissions and providing long-term community benefits such as:
- Delivering over $1.1 million in annual natural gas savings to the BWL through reduced demand, equivalent to 5,000 homes and more than 310,000 MCF.
- Reducing carbon emissions through recycled heat at a rate equivalent to removing 3,000 cars from the road each year.
- Creating good-paying union and high-tech jobs during construction (35-plus jobs) and operations (15-plus jobs) that drive long-term economic impact.
- Supporting local nonprofits and charities with a contribution of $6,000 per megawatt of contracted data center usage, up to $120,000 annually, with portions going to programs that support families who can’t pay utility bills.
According to Lansing BWL General Manager Dick Peffley, the initiative represents an ideal partnership for the utility…