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What’s true and what’s not in Michigan’s data center debate

The Oakland Press republishes Bridge Michigan reporting by Eli Newman examining claims about data centers’ scale, local control, electricity rates, environmental effects and economic benefits. Experts distinguish existing electricity-cost trends from possible future impacts and describe how water use, emissions and noise depend on facility design and power supply. This October 18 republication is the same underlying Bridge reporting, not independent corroboration or a guarantee about any individual project.[1]

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