Amid pushback from residents and township officials, the University of Michigan has announced its purchase of 124 acres in Ypsilanti Township on Textile Road. It’s a potential site for its planned collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory. The new purchase is next to a previously acquired 20-acre parcel of land, bringing the total to nearly 144 acres.
The university’s Board of Regents approved the purchase last June.
Despite claims from activists, the university maintains the project is “not building a commercial data center,” but a “high-performing computing facility.” It says the center will be used for research purposes and will use much less energy than a commercial data center…