A proposed $120 million data center in downtown Lansing gained support from local labor and business leaders Monday as the project moves closer to clearing another regulatory hurdle.
- Deep Green, the company behind the proposed data center, held a round-table discussion with area leaders Monday, hours before a Lansing City Council public hearing on the project.
- The company’s CEO says Lansing would be Deep Green’s first U.S. location and hopes it can serve as a national model for other cities to follow.
- Lansing Board of Water & Light officials say customers shouldn’t expect rate increases and that the project would save neighbors money in the long run.
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Lansing data center gains support from business & labor leaders
The Deep Green data center would be built on parking lots along Kalamazoo Street between Larch and Cedar streets. The company is seeking city council approval for the land purchase and rezoning in order to move forward with construction.
“When we have opportunities like this to grow, it’s incumbent upon all of us to come together to support that,” said Tim Daman, president and CEO of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce.
The facility would be what Deep Green CEO Mark Lee calls a “national first” as a heat reuse data center. The method involves capturing heat generated by computers at the site and distributing it to nearby buildings…