The messy reality facing Kalamazoo and its neighbors after passing data center moratoriums

KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo is among a string of Michigan municipalities to adopt a data center moratorium.

But the pause does not end questions about the possibility of the controversial data storage facilities coming to town.

Rather, moratoriums start the clock for city officials to create guardrails for data centers and other facilities like them — a task that forces them to balance public concern, economic interests and the unknown possibilities of technological advancement…

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