Demystifying Deep Green’s proposed data center near downtown Lansing

By: Kyle Davidson, Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 2,172

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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A U.K.-based developer is pitching “a different kind of data center” in the state’s capital city— but residents remain skeptical.

Developer Deep Green, in a partnership with Lansing’s publicly owned utility, the Board of Water and Light, is seeking permission from the city to build a 24-megawatt data center at the corner of Cedar Street and Kalamazoo Street.

That’s around 50 times smaller than the hyperscale data centers that have been the center of attention …

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