Ypsilanti residents hold town hall over proposed data center project

Name: Ypsilanti residents hold town hall over proposed data center project
Uploaded: 2026-09-10T02:32:40.000Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Description: Residents in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, attended a heated town hall meeting regarding a proposed High-Performance Research Computing Center, which locals are calling just another data center. The project, affiliated with the University of Michigan, faces significant community opposition.

News Clip3:24FOX 2 Detroit·Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, MI·9/10/2026

Residents in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, attended a heated town hall meeting regarding a proposed High-Performance Research Computing Center, which locals are calling just another data center. The project, affiliated with the University of Michigan, faces significant community opposition.

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This town hall was held at the Marriott in Ypsilanti Township. That issue is what the University of Michigan calls a High-Performance Research Computing Center slated for development. Locals here call it just another data center.