Michigan data center development trails other Great Lakes states

It might seem like they are cropping up everywhere, but Michigan is behind its neighboring Great Lakes states in developing data centers.

The development boom is much more dramatic in Illinois and Ohio, two states that account for half of all operational data facilities in the eight Great Lakes states and more than 60% of the data centers under development for the region, said João Ferreira, a regional economist for the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.