Lucas Smolcic Larson
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Data Center Developer Sues Michigan City Over Moratorium (opens the original)
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(TNS) — A developer is taking a Michigan city to court, claiming its one-year moratorium on data centers is unlawful and seeking to force approval of a plan to transform an old steel mill site into a modern server warehouse.The lawsuit filed in federal court against the downriver city of Gibraltar Monday, Aug. 17 alleges city leaders adopted a “targeted” pause on data centers in March to avoid reviewing a project application submitted weeks earlier.In their 30-page complaint, developer Raeden Ac
Data Center Tax Breaks Cost Michigan $13M in Revenue (opens the original)
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(TNS) — Companies in Michigan have purchased at least $212 million in data center equipment tax free, eliminating just under $13 million in state tax revenue over five years, between 2020 and 2024.That’s thanks to tax incentives lawmakers passed in 2015, long before Michigan became a destination for Big Tech’s new generation of large-scale server warehouses. Those facilities were offered their own tailored sweeteners in 2024 and have received the lion’s share of the attention.An MLive review of
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