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.

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...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/tsunami-...