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Residents press Southfield over newly approved data center, citing health and transparency concerns
Summary
Residents pressed the council Jan. 12 to reconsider or better explain its recent approval of a site plan for a data center, citing a Dec. 1 Tech Spot article they say raised health concerns; city officials said the project followed public process, meets zoning and remains subject to permitting and oversight.
Residents used the communications portion of the Jan. 12 meeting to press the Southfield City Council for more information and possible recourse after the council’s recent approval of a site plan for a proposed MetroBLOX data center.
Reverend Danielle Bolton, who identified herself as a Southfield resident and leader of God Israel Ministries, cited an article she said appeared in Tech Spot (Rob Thurbin, Dec. 1, 2025) and asserted an Amazon data center in Oregon had been linked to "rare cancers and miscarriages." "I wanted to bring that up because...the article cited how the increased chemical toxins in the form of the nitrate concentration…
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