- Michigan residents spoke out against data center development across the state on Wednesday at a House subcommittee hearing
- The event drew an overflow crowd and follows several sessions on the large-scale commercial computing centers
- Michigan set tax breaks to draw more to the state, but residents said the process is secretive and ignores their concerns
An overflow crowd of residents called for tighter regulations of hyperscale data centers during a Wednesday public hearing in Lansing about the projects that are proposed on farmland statewide.
The hearing before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Corporate Subsidies and State Investments drew so many speakers that organizers doubled the budgeted time to three hours, said co-chair Steve Carra, R-Three Rivers.
Of the 160 residents who signed up to speak, only two said they supported the operations, he said. Some who did speak said Michigan needs to do a better job evaluating overall impacts on water supplies and the environment…