The University of Michigan hosted an open house in Ypsilanti Thursday evening regarding its proposed $1.25 billion data center in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo said she was expecting a traditional town hall format where University officials take questions from a single large audience regarding the development. In December, U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., sent a letter to Interim University President Domenico Grasso calling on the University to directly address Ypsilanti Township residents’ concerns. Ypsilanti Township’s population is about 30% Black, compared to about 7% in Ann Arbor. “They don’t want to put a data center in Ann Arbor.