Los Alamos Laboratory Data Center

The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority has adopted a 12-month moratorium on water and sewer services for data centers and similar facilities. The time will be used for a due diligence study on their effects. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority Board of Commissioners meets on Wednesday. It’s expected to vote on a moratorium of water and sewer services for data centers and computing facilities. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Ypsilanti Township has passed a resolution asking the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority (YCUA) to impose a moratorium that would directly affect the proposed U-M/Los Alamos Computing Facility. It appears YCUA may be willing to oblige. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Ypsilanti Township Trustees are holding a special meeting tonight to vote on a resolution opposing it becoming the home of a Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear facility. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners is weighing in on the battle over data centers. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The University of Michigan has closed on the purchase of 124 acres off Textile Road in Ypsilanti Township. The site is being looked on as the location of a high-performance research facility with Los Alamos National Laboratory. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Those hoping Washtenaw County Commissioners would weigh in on the proposed University of Michigan/Los Alamos computing center will have to wait a couple of weeks. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

After months of waiting, Ypsilanti Township residents on Thursday were able to meet with University of Michigan officials. They asked about the location of the planned computing facility and and the need for the national laboratory. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The University of Michigan is holding an open house tonight to inform residents of Ypsilanti Township about their proposed computing information center. But there’s a strong belief that the public may not hear what they’re looking for. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Local advocates for protecting the Huron River are raising concerns about the potential environmental impact of a proposed University of Michigan–Los Alamos computational facility planned along the riverfront in Ypsilanti Township. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.