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From a coal-fired generating plant belching out pollutants to a green data centre ; the former State Line Coal Plant has seen quite the transformation . Located on the shores of Lake Michigan , the 1920sera plant was decommissioned in 2012 , with the site now taken up by Digital Crossroad ’ s DX-1 facility . Cooled with water and winds blowing from the lake and using excess heat to warm greenhouses , it is hoped the initial 105,000 square foot facility will eventually be a complex occupying the entirety of the 77-acre site .

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