Washington Township residents gather to protest against proposed data center
News ClipWXYZ Channel 7·Washington Township, Macomb County, MI·2/9/2026
Residents of Washington Township, Michigan are protesting a proposed 312-acre data center project by real estate company Prologis. Concerns include potential environmental and health impacts from the data center's diesel backup generators and water usage for cooling. The township has stated the project would not require groundwater and would not raise water/sewer rates.
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(WXYZ) — A group of Washington Township residents took to the streets on Sunday to protest a proposed data center. The project would transform 312 acres into a technical campus and data center. This is just one of many proposed data centers in metro Detroit. You can see more stories about proposed