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Sterling Heights City Council hits pause on data centers
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (515+ words) Data centers may be a "hot button" topic today, but Sterling Heights city officials are taking a wait-and-see approach. The Sterling Heights City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to impose a one-year moratorium on any new data centers that may be…...
Sterling Heights to consider 1-year moratorium for local data centers
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (314+ words) The Sterling Heights City Council will be asked to vote on a one-year moratorium on any new data centers at its Tuesday night meeting. City Planner Jake Parcell is asking the council to adopt a resolution on suspending the "establishment,…...
Chesterfield trustee moves to review zoning amid nearby data center proposal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (460+ words) With the backdrop of a proposed data center in nearby Washington Township, Chesterfield Township Trustee David Joseph is introducing an agenda item at the next board meeting to address data centers in the township. At the Jan. 13 meeting, Joseph said…...
‘A domino effect’: How data centers could affect Michigan’s water supply
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1355+ words) Mason Mayor Russell Whipple wants to know what data centers could mean for the water supply of his Ingham County city of about 8,000. Mason is not one of the 15-plus communities in Michigan that have been publicly approached by data…...
New Jersey to ban cellphones in schools in 2026-27
3+ week, 5+ day ago (273+ words) New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a statewide school cellphone ban into law on Thursday, with the new rule to take effect in the 2026-27 school year. New Jersey will be one of 23 states, including New York, to ban cellphones from…...
Washington Township data center zoning request postponed to February meeting
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (650+ words) Consideration of the rezoning request for a'proposed data center in Washington Township has been pushed back a month. The item was moved from the Jan. 8 planning commission meeting to the body's Feb. 12 session. The move was made at the request…...
What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (718+ words) About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was starting to recover from the problem. But the company later said it was continuing to respond to "significant" errors and connectivity issues across multiple services. Amazon Web…...
Guest column: Centralized control of age verification for apps protects teens
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (601+ words) It's no surprise that the average teenager spends more time on their smartphones as they get older, where they receive dozens, if not hundreds, of app notifications, according to a 2023 report co-led by the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's…...