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Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” on Tuesday night.
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The moratorium is a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center that’s backed by the University of Michigan and the Pentagon’s nuclear war scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL).
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that → stop → Laboratories
Last year, the university announced it was partnering with LANL on the construction of a massive 220,000 square foot hyperscale data center in Ypsilanti Township and residents have been fighting it ever since.
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residents → announce → it
During a meeting of the Township Board on August 18, the council unanimously passed a resolution that will delay the construction of new electrical infrastructure for 180 days.
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that → pass → days
Data centers need a lot of energy, and Michigan’s power authority will have to build new substations in the Township to power the proposed facility.
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authority → need → facility
The moratorium asked the local power authorities to use the six month delay to study noise pollution and how the new infrastructure would affect existing customers.
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infrastructure → ask → customers
The moratorium is narrowly focused on “the nature and scale of electrical infrastructure necessary to serve new high-energy-demand land uses [...] including infrastructure associated, but not limited to hyper-scale data centers, mid-sized data centers, artificial intelligence computing facilities, and high-performance computational centers, industrial facilities, and other intensive electrical users.”
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moratorium → focus → centers
Earlier this month, the University of Michigan announced it had settled on a specific plot of land in Ypsilanti Township — a 144-acre plot on Textile Road.
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it → announce → Road
In a press release about the decision, the University said the data center would have the “capacity to change the world” and insisted it would not be a “high value target risk” in a war, that it would not store any hazardous nuclear material, and was not a weapons production facility.
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it → say → material
LANL previously confirmed that the data center will be used for nuclear weapons research.
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center → confirm → research
Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo told WEMU news that the selection of the site was a “travesty of justice” because it ignores constituents’ concerns about environmental impact.
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it → tell → impact
During the August 18 moratorium vote, the Board projected a large stock photograph of an electric substation behind its members.
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Board → project → members
The photo was meant to remind people of the size of the incoming infrastructure and the lack of communication from the university about it.
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photo → mean → it
“This picture’s really important to think about because U of M has been so crystal clear that they’ve been communicating to us abundantly — which is not true,” Township clerk Debbie Swanson said during the meeting.
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Swanson → ’ → meeting
“That speaks to the lack of respect.”
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That → speak → respect
Ypsilanti Township's data center fight is unique in that its board of local leaders are united with the community in opposition to the project.
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board → unite → project
Township Board members have repeatedly spoken about the University's lack of respect and lack of communication.
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members → speak → communication
“We will fight to our very last breath,” Strumbo said during a Board meeting in June.
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Strumbo → fight → June
In April, the Board voted to institute a 365 moratorium on delivering water to data centers.
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Board → vote → centers
The University threatened legal action in response and called the move “discriminatory.”
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University → threaten → move
The University of Michigan declined to comment on this story.
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