The city of Lansing is considering a moratorium on data centers just weeks after plans to build one downtown were pulled.
- Lansing committee to take up a proposed moratorium on data centers.
- Deep Green pulled plans to build a data center in downtown on April 6.
- Neighbors say they want more studies on the effects data centers can have on their communities.
WATCH: LANSING CONSIDERS DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AFTER DOWNTOWN PLANS FAIL
Lansing considers data center moratorium after downtown plans fail
A proposed data center moratorium is awaiting consideration by the city’s Committee of Development and Planning. The earliest the committee can discuss the moratorium is at its next meeting on May 4.
Councilmember Ryan Kost submitted the item onto Monday’s agenda. Kost told me feedback from neighbors will help craft city guidelines for data centers.
“They were opposed to a lot of things and so it gave us a great jumping off point to say okay this is the groundwork for that framework,” Kost said…