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Crain’s Detroit Business Op-ed: Michigan should welcome data centers — but on Michigan’s terms

by | May 14, 2026

Summary

Michigan cannot afford to sit out the AI and advanced computing economy — data centers are becoming essential infrastructure for manufacturing, mobility, defense and global competitiveness.

Michigan has a choice to make. We can look at the rise of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centers as something happening to us, or we can decide Michigan will help shape what comes next.

-Automation Alley CEO Tom Kelly in Crain’s Detroit Business

Read the op-ed in full here.

Crain's Detroit Business

Crain's Detroit Business is one of the premiere business journals in the Metro Detroit area.

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