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.
- Board unanimously passed the 180-day electrical infrastructure moratorium on August 18.
- Data center is a $1.2 billion, 220,000-square-foot project with LANL for nuclear weapons research.
- An earlier water-delivery moratorium prompted the University of Michigan to threaten legal action.
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Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” on Tuesday night. The moratorium is a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1. 2 billion data center that’s backed by the University of Michigan and the Pentagon’s nuclear war scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL).
By Matthew Gault · 404media.co
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