Livingston County planning commission rejects farmland rezoning for AI data center

Local Michigan township trustee says Meta is behind data center project planned near Howell

Livingston County sign opposing proposed Howell Township data center | Courtesy of Stop the Data Centers Livingston County.As plans and announcements for new AI data centers proliferate across Michigan, a Howell Township trustee is telling people that the parent company for Facebook and Instagram is behind another project planned on more than 1,000 acres of agricultural land. Bob Wilson, a member of the Howell Township Board of Trustees, confirm…

Local Michigan township trustee says Meta is behind data center project planned near Howell

As plans and announcements for new AI data centers proliferate across Michigan, a Howell Township trustee is telling people that the parent company for Facebook and Instagram is behind another project planned on more than 1,000 acres of agricultural land.…

Livingston County planning commission rejects farmland rezoning for AI data center

The project, which is reportedly supported by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, would transform agricultural land near Grand River Avenue and Flemming Road.

Local Michigan township trustee says Meta is behind data center project planned near Howell

As plans and announcements for new AI data centers proliferate across Michigan, a Howell Township trustee is telling people that the parent company for Facebook and Instagram is behind another project planned on more than 1,000 acres of agricultural land.…

County planners give thumbs down on data center rezoning request

The concerns aired at Wednesday’s meeting of the Livingston County Planning Commission  are the same as what officials have heard throughout the process to rezone a thousand acres of farmland in Howell Township to accommodate a data center. People are concerned about water, power, loss of farmland, lack of transparency, and the effect the project would have on the surrounding environment. What was news to those in attendance was that the plan fo…