The Village of Sparta is moving forward with plans to update zoning language to include standards for data centers, following growing concerns about such facilities across the state.
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Sparta Village prepares zoning language for potential data centers
Village Manager Jim Lower said that currently, there are no plans to build a data center, but he wants to be prepared in case a proposal comes forward.
“With all the activity behind data centers, we thought it was important to have a standard and a definition that we could hold them to,” Lower said.
Recent data center discussions have sparked community concerns statewide. Lowell Township postponed a December 8 meeting about a potential data center due to large attendance, and another facility is being discussed in Washtenaw County…