Each time someone sends an email, streams a show or scrolls social media, they’re interacting with a data center.
And now, Michigan is becoming a battleground for them— the warehouse-style facilities that store and move the digital information people use every day. The proposed facilities are raising a lot of questions about noise, electricity, and the use of fresh water.
Earlier this month, during a planning commission meeting in Lansing, residents crowded inside of a small conference room and through the hallway to voice their opinions on a new, controversial data center planned for downtown…