Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure
Ypsilanti Township, Michigan passed a 180-day moratorium on electrical infrastructure to delay the University of Michigan and Los Alamos-backed $1.2 billion data center.
The Township Board unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on major electric utility infrastructure on August 18 to delay new substations needed for a planned 220,000-square-foot hyperscale data center partnered with Los Alamos National Laboratory for nuclear weapons research. The delay asks power authorities to study noise pollution and grid impacts, following an earlier 365-day moratorium on delivering water to data centers that drew threats of legal action from the university. The university recently selected a 144-acre site on Textile Road and says the facility will not store hazardous nuclear material.