Residents Raise Concerns over Data Center Proposal, as Michigan Township Considers 6-Month Pause

Howell Township considers moratorium on data centers amid 1,000+ acre rezoning request

Residents in Livingston County’s Howell Township are expected to pack into Howell High School on Thursday as trustees mull how to address a rezoning request for a 1,000-acre data center. The township’s board of trustees will consider whether to impose a moratorium on approvals for data centers as they review potential regulations, after local residents came out to voice their opposition at an informational meeting on Monday, MLive reports. “Ther…

Residents raise concerns over data center proposal, as Michigan township considers 6-month pause

Howell Township leaders are considering putting a pause on data center proposals as they grapple with proposal for more than 1,000 acres.

Frenchtown residents voice concerns over possible data center

It was a packed house at the Frenchtown Township Community Center as people came out to learn about this proposal and speak out against it. They listened to a presentation by the company Cloverleaf Infrastructure, which is looking to build a data center at I-75 and Dixie Highway on the site of the former ProMedica Hospital.

Data center town hall: Small crowd, big concerns

Topping the concerns about the proposed data center in Howell Township aired at an unofficial town hall Tuesday were electrical service (consumption, rates, outages, and prioritization), cooling systems, harmful chemicals, transparency, and the speed at which the proposal is moving. An estimated two dozen people flowed in and out of the Howell High School Auditorium for the event hosted by Aaren Currie, a local Realtor, and facilitated by Deb Dr…