The Data Center Dilemma: A Tale of Two Cities and a Future Shaped by AI A recent surge in data center projects across Michigan has highlighted the complex web of interests and values at play in debates over these massive facilities.
As a scholar of environmental justice and urban land use, I have had a front row seat to this drama unfold, with tech companies, power companies, community leaders, and politicians all vying for influence.
At its core is artificial intelligence (AI), which has created an insatiable demand for computing capacity in the business world and people's lives.