- If I could give any advice to the people planning those data centers, they've got it all wrong. They assume that since they're noisy that we will plop them smack in the middle of some good farm land, surround them with corn fields and it solves the noise problem.
In Michigan cities there is plenty of vacant land. Thousands of acres of vacant land. Here in Lansing the old GM owns two large plots where factories stood stamping out Oldsmobile's. There is all the power you would ever need. They're surrounded by other factories making possibly more noise than even a data centers fans. A small business community that has been decimated by the GM employees business in the neighborhood leaving.
So where do they ask to put a small data center? Right in the city's entertainment district! Makes less sense than putting it on farmland. Look Michigan needs the jobs, just a little common sense would go a long ways.
- How is "more than 100" people "rallying" even remotely newsworthy? What's the threshold, three?
- I was recently reminded how easily the public can be whipped into a frenzy of ignorance when I happened to revisit the Guardian article from 8 years ago that claimed data centers would use 20% of global electricity by 2025.'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/tsunami-...
- The headline could be construed to mean the data centers will be installed in the Michigan Capitol. I would have written it as "More than 100 rally at Michigan Capitol against data centers".
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- I guess we have to build them in space.
- Amid polarization, opposition to Michigan data centers cuts across political lines
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/amid-polarization-opposit...
Data center proposed for Downtown Lansing would be first of its kind in US
https://www.wilx.com/2025/11/05/data-center-proposed-downtow...
At least 16 sites eyed for data centers in Michigan amid AI boom. Here's where
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/at-least-16-sites-eyed-fo...
"The man from Deep Green, who earlier repeatedly reiterated his intention to be a "good neighbor," responded by saying "I get it, you're Luddites."
https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/opinion,171738
Residents protest data centers outside Michigan Capitol as debates rage on
"One of the speakers, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, took the podium first."
https://www.wilx.com/2025/12/16/data-center-protest-outside-...
Michigan data center developments raise concerns over water and power use
https://www.9and10news.com/2025/12/12/michigan-data-center-d...
Activists seeking a statewide moratorium on new AI data centers to rally in Lansing next week
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/activists-seeking-a-state...
At the same time, data center being proposed for Lansing, NY also drawing opposition from local residents
https://www.sierraclub.org/atlantic/finger-lakes/blog/2025/1...