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LANSING - After the Michigan House spent more than nine hours gathering the votes to approve sales and use exemptions for collocated data centers in the state, including Nevada-based Switch, which encouraged the Legislature to implement the exemptions so they can open an east coast hub in the Grand Rapids area, the Senate immediately concurred
FERNDALE - On the Dec. 21 edition of M2 (squared) TechCast, cyber security experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon take a look at the biggest cyber attacks of 2015 and conjecture on what cybersecurity threats might await businesses, governments and consumers in 2016. Also on the show, Max Muncey from the Detroit Auto Dealers Association talks
ROYAL OAK - The Detroit Zoo is going 100 percent renewable electricity from wind farms with the help of ITC Holdings through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits. “We continue to look for ways to reduce our ecological footprint and thank ITC for helping us to accomplish that goal,” said Detroit Zoological Society Executive Director and
ANN ARBOR - As the cybersecurity landscape grows more complex, the need for increasingly diverse cybersecurity training continues to expand. To meet this need, Merit Network is collaborating with the Cyber World Institute to expand the Cyber Security certification training program. "In today's news, there is a continuous stream of reports about large, prestigious organizations
DETROIT – If you love puppies - and who doesn’t - calling for BeMYDD to drive you and your car home after you’ve been celebrating too hard on New Year’s Eve will help rescue animals under the threat of unnecessary execution in shelters. According to statistics from the ASPCA, approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized
LANSING - The Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board put most of the final touches Monday on its plan to hire contractors for risk and alternatives analyses on the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The board is hoping to issue requests for a proposal in February, said Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, who
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission and DTE Electric Company reached an agreement to allow the utility to hike its electric rates by $238.2 million annually - resulting in an increase of $8.22 monthly for residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month. The new rates are effective Dec. 17. The increase is
FERNDALE - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President of Public Relations for the Heartland Region of Comcast, will spend $3 million to build out a 1 gigabit per second Internet service to the businesses, across Midtown and Downtown next year. Comcast also will build a 1,700 square foot Xfinity store that will open in January, plus a
BATTLE CREEK - The Battle Creek Air National Guard base will see 70 new jobs with the assignment of a cyber operations squadron to the base. Battle Creek will house one of the four new squadrons intended to defend the nation against computer-based attacks. The base has housed a cyber range hub, part of the
LANSING - The Michigan House continues to work with its members to get the votes needed to pass legislation that would provide sales, use and property tax exemptions for data centers in the state, something inspired by Switch, a Nevada-based center looking to move into West Michigan. The House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday reported
