ANN ARBOR - Michigan is stepping into the fast-moving world of hyperscale data centers just as the industry’s biggest constraint becomes impossible to ignore: power. Across the United States, the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital services is driving a surge in demand for data centers—massive facilities that can consume as much
COLUMBUS — Honda’s transformation of Ohio into its primary North American EV hub underscores an intensifying competition across the Midwest — one that puts Michigan’s long-held automotive dominance under pressure, even as the state continues to pour billions into electric vehicle development. Honda is investing $700 million to retool three Ohio plants and partnering with
ISRAEL - Israeli researchers at nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new nonlinear control system that could keep fusion reactors stable and responsive even as the super-hot plasma inside fluctuates wildly. This breakthrough tackles one of fusion energy’s biggest challenges: maintaining smooth, continuous power output as conditions inside a reactor change
LANSING — Gov. Whitmer joined Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to award $25 million in the latest round of Going PRO Talent Fund grants to 449 businesses across the state. Businesses will use the funding to train 8,657 current employees and 4,165 new hires, including 3,097 Registered Apprentices, ensuring Michigan employers have
DETROIT - At Channel Sales.PRO, CEO Rick Beckers helps technology companies grow using a powerful mix of industry expertise, experienced consultants, and modern sales strategies. In this video, Beckers shows how Channel Sales.PRO helps tech sales and service organizations generate more leads, land new customers, and expand inside their ideal customer profiles—without adding headcount. During
VAN BUREN TWP. — A new proposal for a massive hyperscale data center has emerged in southeast Michigan, adding to a growing list of projects aimed at powering artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Panattoni Data Center Group wants to develop a data center campus on roughly 280 acres in Van Buren Township, near Belleville in
ANN ARBOR - Zorp Video is an innovation-driven platform that helps organizations capture, manage, and search internal video knowledge. We turn workplace know-how into searchable, shareable insights—accelerating innovation across manufacturing, engineering, and industrial sectors. We’re building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that integrates AI for transcription, search, and chat retrieval. The project demonstrates how video knowledge capture
Michigan $1.47B High-Speed Internet Investment Connects Homes as the state moves forward with its largest broadband expansion to date. Recently, Michigan secured major federal and private funding to expand affordable, high-speed internet statewide. As a result, nearly 200,000 homes, businesses, and institutions will gain reliable connectivity. Ultimately, this investment strengthens access to jobs, healthcare, education,
JACKSON - Consumers Energy expects to spend $5.2 billion on renewables and $8.5 billion on distribution-level reliability and resilience projects through 2029. Through 2035, the company anticipates spending $10 billion for line undergrounding and pole replacement, $10 billion for the commission-approved 10.8 GW of renewables and at least $5 billion for the battery storage and
DETROIT – Long-time tech entrepreneur Rick Beckers joins MITechTV to talk about his latest project, ChannelSales.Pro, a marketplace used by the various stakeholders in the technology industry. These stakeholders are technology vendors, distributors, technology advisors, and the B2B consumers of technology solutions. He’s created a technology marketplace that offers tech product and services from the
