Data Center Explored for Kalkaska
By Beth Milligan | Nov. 17, 2025
A Traverse City company is spearheading an effort to bring a multi-billion-dollar data center to Kalkaska. Geologist Matt Rine of Rocklocker will hold three community forums this week on the proposal, which aims to put a gigawatt-sized campus with its own power plant and carbon capture and storage system on 1,440 acres of state land. While Kalkaska officials are supportive – saying it could bring tens of millions in tax revenue and hundreds of jobs to the rural community – opponents cite a wide range of concerns over environmental and local impacts.
Rine will give presentations tonight (Monday) at 5:30pm at the Garfield Township Branch Library in Fife Lake and …
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