https://wastedwetware.com/tags/data-centers/ Recent content in Data-Centers on Wasted Wetware Hugo en-us Mon, 11 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000 https://wastedwetware.com/posts/the-locals-lost-and-the-machines-got-their-electricity/ Mon, 11 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000 https://wastedwetware.com/posts/the-locals-lost-and-the-machines-got-their-electricity/ <p>The township board said no.</p> <p>Not in some grand philosophical way. Just plain, everyday “we don’t want your goddamn 21 million square feet of concrete and humming servers on our farmland.”</p> <p>Saline Township, Michigan. Population around three thousand. The kind of place where folks still notice when the light at the end of the road stays red too long.</p> <p>They voted it down. Planning commission too. Twice.</p> <p>Then the developer — a billionaire’s outfit called Related Digital, bankrolled by Steven Roth — filed suit. Threatened to drain the little legal war chest the township had. Mentioned they could just partner with the University of Michigan and steamroll the zoning laws anyway.</p>