About Us
Michigan for Responsible Data Centers is a cross-sector coalition working to ensure Michigan communities and decision-makers have clear, fact-based information about data centers and their local impacts. Members include utilities, business associations, labor organizations, environmental and engineering firms, economic research institutions and local government advocates. The coalition believes responsible data center development can strengthen Michigan’s economy while protecting natural resources and benefitting communities statewide.
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Coalition Members
- Accelerate Jackson County
- Access Michigan
- Anderson Economic Group
- Andy J. Egan Co.
- Associated Builders & Contractors Western Michigan
- Associated General Contractors of Michigan
- AVI-SPL
- Bricklayr
- Business Leaders For Michigan
- Chemelex (RayChem)
- Clear Creek Systems
- Cloverleaf Infrastructure
- Construction Association of Michigan
- Consumers Energy
- Detroit Chamber of Commerce
- Detroit Regional Partnership
- DTE Energy
- Electro-Matic Products
- Enerco Corporation
- Equitas Technologies LLC
- Grand Rapids Chamber
- Hedrick Associates
- I2G
- Iron Workers Local 25
- ITC Michigan
- JEM Tech Group
- Lansing Board of Water & Light
- Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
- Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Lecom, LLC
- Matrix Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
- Michigan Chamber of Commerce
- Michigan Laborers District Council
- Michigan Pipe Trades Association
- Michigan State Utility Workers Council
- Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance
- Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights
- NorthStar Clean Energy
- NTH Consultants, Ltd.
- Operating Engineers 324
- Perpetual Progress, Inc.
- Plumbers and Pipefitters Union / UA Local 174
- Psyonicist Innovations
- Resilience Energy
- Riverside Energy
- R.W. Fernstrum & Company
- Somerville Analytics LLC
- Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- The Right Place
- Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA), AFL-CIO
- Walbridge
- West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Local Union No. 174
- Wolverine Consulting
We seek to serve as Michigan’s source of accurate, reliable information about data centers, including water and energy use, jobs, tax value, land use, and responsible operating practices.
We accomplish this by convening researchers, infrastructure and public health experts, workforce and business leaders, utilities, local officials, and community partners to support informed, constructive public dialogue.
Across Michigan and the country, data center proposals increasingly face public opposition fueled by misinformation. This dynamic can overwhelm local discussion and pressure officials to disengage, even when responsible projects offer tangible benefits. Communities need access to trusted third-party information and local expertise to make good decisions.
