Consultant lays out AI risks and data center concerns for Michigan House Oversight subcommittee

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 594

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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As data center proposals pop up across the state, Michigan communities are pushing back, raising questions about their environmental and economic impacts and calling on lawmakers to institute protections against these resource intensive facilities.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2025 signed laws providing tax breaks for data center equipment, however, by the end of the year a bipartisan group of lawmakers had already proposed bills to repeal the tax breaks

On Wednesday, the …

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