{"id":193284,"date":"2025-09-30T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/193284\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:24:11","slug":"michigan-township-north-of-ann-arbor-grappling-with-proposed-1b-data-center-to-power-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/193284\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan township north of Ann Arbor grappling with proposed $1B data center to power AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Howell Township data center location map\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/O2ZFNNX4INBBFBJA46VCPESOAA.jpg\"\/>A map shows were an unidentified tech giant plans to construct a $1 billion data center to power AI and computing technologies west of Howell, MIProvided by Howell Township\/Carlisle Wortman and Associates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZCREYIEUEFFTRDP22UZ47RW4G4\">HOWELL TWP., MI \u2014 A historically rural community on major transportation routes is grappling with whether to allow an unidentified tech giant to construct a $1 billion data center campus to power AI and other computing technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UT334W6K6NCVXORUPLGFTBIMYE\">Howell Township planners and some local residents oppose rezoning land for the data center project, but others in favor of the project see it as a benefit to the community, which is located between Howell and Fowlerville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A map shows were an unidentified tech giant plans to construct a $1 billion data center to power&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-193284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}