The Brief Regent Paul Brown is calling on the University of Michigan to pause plans to move forward with a proposed data center. Brown says this is due to the university moving forward with the project without input from the communityA University of Michigan Regent is calling for the pause of plans to construct a data center in Ypsilanti Twp. Big picture view:Regent Paul Brown is calling on the University of Michigan to pause plans to move forward with a proposed data center, the Los Alamos supercomputer project, until he says the University talks with the residents who would be affected. The proposed data center, like many across the state, faced heavy opposition from residents regarding impacts on the surrounding environment, including water and sound pollution. Brown says Michigan must be accountable to the public and the communities surrounding its campuses and development projects.