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Local residents have spent $943 on FOIA requests so far to Solon Township, the City of Cedar Springs, Kent County, and more since we first found out about this data center in January 2026. 💰 ❌ We didn’t pursue $16,497 in FOIAs from the Michigan
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McKenna is giving a presentation at tonight's Planning Commission meeting! McKenna is the firm updating our Master Plan. Our updated Master Plan will lay the foundation for either welcoming large development projects (like hyperscale data centers) or preserving our rural character. See you tonight! #StopSolonTownshipDataCenter
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The agenda for tomorrow (Wednesday’s) Planning Commission meeting has two important items on it: ✔️ McKenna, the firm updating our Master Plan ✔️ Data center ordinance drafts 6 and 7 We understand that this advocacy process has been long (we’ve been at this since January!),
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Even though the NDAs facilitated by Project Peninsula were terminated in December 2025, those who signed them are prohibited from speaking about what they learned for 5 years. “Irrespective of any termination of this Agreement, Recipient's obligations with respect to Confidential Information under this Agreement
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This isn’t Randy Thelen’s first rodeo with data centers. When he worked in Omaha, Nebraska ten years ago, he recruited a Meta (then Facebook) data center in the suburb of Papillion. After speaking with the mayor of Papillion, not local residents, Thelen claims the Meta
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Meta cut nearly $4 billion off its tax bill last year by claiming that its multibillion-dollar data centers are “pilot models” that qualify for a research and experimentation tax credit. This tax credit was created in the 80s to provide a rebate on supplies used
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We are aware of a Facebook page sharing AI-generated content about the Solon Township and surrounding area’s data center projects. ❌ We do not use generative AI for our research or posts and cannot speak to the accuracy or intentions of this other page. 👉
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“As we discussed, there are legitimate concerns raised by the public that must be addressed while considering the benefits that can be realized if these projects come to fruition,” said Randy Thelen in a February 2026 email to attendees of the data center lunch at
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Data centers only have to create 30 long-term jobs to qualify for state sales and use tax exemptions. If promises of major job growth are being made, why are the requirements so low? #StopSolonTownshipDataCenter
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In an email to Darla Falcon on May 9, 2025, The Right Place CEO Randy Thelen said data centers provide a “massive investment with relatively small demand for labor.” 👉 Data centers only have to create 30 long-term jobs to qualify for state sales and
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