University of Michigan Regent Calls for Pause of Proposed Data Center in Ypsilanti Twp.
The center will support research workloads and use about 10% of the electricity of a typical hyperscale commercial data center, university officials said.
- On Tuesday, the University of Michigan announced it selected the 144-acre Textile Road site in Ypsilanti Township for its $1.2 billion research computing center developed with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- After evaluating the American Center for Mobility at Willow Run, U-M officials selected Textile Road for superior infrastructure proximity and development flexibility, rejecting the alternative site due to brownfield redevelopment requirements.
- U-M maintains the facility will use only about 10% of typical data center electricity and support scientific breakthroughs, yet township officials and residents allege the project targets a lower-income community for nuclear weapons research.
- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, called the decision "deeply disturbing," while Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo described the announcement as a "call to action" for residents to oppose the project.
- Scheduled for Sept. 9 at the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, a community town hall will mark the third public session on the project, providing residents a platform to address the university.
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University of Michigan chooses site for controversial "computing center" near Ypsilanti
(espiegle - stock.adobe.com / 266647902)The University of Michigan has moved further toward realizing a controversial project it is calling a “research computing center” in Ypsilanti Township.The university announced Tuesday that it selected a 144-acre parcel on Textile Road for the $1.25 billion project, pointing to the spot’s preferable zoning, development flexibility, and proximity to existing electrical and data infrastructure. It borders th…
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The Herald PalladiumUniversity of Michigan selects site for Los Alamos computing center
The university’s planned Research Computing Center, shown in yellow, will occupy a small fraction of the 144-acre site. The majority of the parcel will be preserved as natural space along the Huron River. | Source: The University of MichiganOn Tuesday, the University of Michigan took another step toward building a “high-performance research computing center” in Ypsilanti Township, announcing it had honed in on a preferred site for the project. …
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