Rural Michigan fights back: How riled up residents are challenging Big Tech data centers

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Across southeast Michigan, residents pack township meetings, collect petition signatures and push for moratoriums to block hyperscale data centers proposed by Meta, OpenAI and Oracle. Communities in Howell, Saline, Augusta and Monroe County raise concerns over water use, electricity rates, farmland loss and lack of transparency from developers.

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Jennifer Eberbach
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MLive

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