LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Three Michigan lawmakers have introduced new legislation to regulate the rapidly growing data center industry, which is now taking its first steps in the state.
Democratic state Sens. Rosemary Bayer of West Bloomfield, Erika Geiss of Taylor and Sue Shink of Northfield Twp. argue that transparency is needed amid growing public concern about water and energy use, as well as “projections of infrastructure upgrade requirements.”
“These bills advance our work to protect our state from problems we have seen across the country with these types of data centers, like in Arizona and New Jersey,” Bayer said in a statement. “We will continue to be proactive problem solvers to prevent utility bills from skyrocketing at a time when affordability and household incomes are already stretched thin.”…