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Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

The tax breaks, passed in late 2024, have produced both a flurry of data center projects and surging opposition across the political spectrum as communities fear skyrocketing electric and water bills, pollution and hulking complexes on former farmland.

By Tom Perkins

Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A rendering of Related Digital’s planned data center in Saline Township, Mich. Credit: Related Digital

Data Center Developer Takes a Small Michigan Farming Community to Court

By K.R. Callaway

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