A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Microsoft has had its first face-to-face meeting with Gaines Township residents after months of planning to build a data center in their community. The tech giant on Tuesday, March ...

The project still requires final site plan and development agreement approvals from the township. The data center will be powered by new resources, including solar, under an agreement with DTE Energy.

The data center, to be built between Buffalo and Rochester, will raise electric bills and harm a nearby Indigenous reservation, opponents argue. “I can’t think of one good reason for it,” a resident ...