township in Washtenaw County, Michigan
OpinionJocelyn Benson can't spin away her family's data center ties | Buss: Jocelyn Benson is trying to walk through her Democratic gubernatorial campaign unscathed by ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/kaitlyn-buss/2026/10/07/bensons-data-center-denial-doesnt-match-the-record-buss/92129913007/
A fight over data centers got personal during the first gubernatorial debate of the fall campaign with Republican John James claiming Democrat Jocelyn ... Show more
Benson-James governor debate takeaways: Data center feud gets personal
Benson-James governor debate takeaways: Data center feud gets personal
Outmaneuvered, outmatched and outspent: How data centers are overwhelming small-town America
oregonlive.com/business/2026/10/outmaneuvered-outmatched-and-outspent-how-data-centers-are-overwhelming-small-town-america.html
Toyota opens new battery R&D site in Saline Township
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‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center
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Jocelyn Benson's new ad calls for ending data center tax breaks: Benson's campaign launched the new commercial, which also advocates for a moratorium on new data ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/13/michigan-data-centers-oracle-openai-saline-jocelyn-benson-husband-ryan-friedrichs-moratorium/91739232007/
OpinionNot all Democrats hate data centers. One group embraces them | Livengood: One faction of the Democratic coalition has embraced the proliferation of data centers ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/chad-livengood/2026/09/07/saline-michigan-oracle-openai-data-center-union-construction-jobs/91575517007/
AI data centers are transforming rural land markets — and fueling a backlash: The data center buildout is driving up the price of rural land as some farmers and ...
cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html
Oracle and OpenAI's Saline Township data center going up quickly: Construction of Oracle and OpenAI's Saline Township data center, also known as "The Barn ...
eu.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/michigan/2026/08/31/construction-update-saline-twp-data-center-project-aka-the-barn/91490973007/
The $16 billion AI project that has one town worried about its water supply: Mounting voter concerns over land use and resources have made data centers a ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/saline-township-michigan-ai-data-center-stargate-opposition-b3016112.html
OpinionWhitmer's Saline hot mic furor is a warning about AI and politics | Opinion: A disputed Whitmer hot mic clip at an AI data center site captures the absurdity of ...
freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2026/06/17/saline-ai-data-center-whitmer-hot-mic-chatgpt-open-ai/90578800007/
Michigan senator seeking year-long statewide moratorium on new data centers : There's few issues that garner as much debate right now as data centers ...
wwmt.com/news/state/michigan-senator-statewide-moratorium-data-centers-economy-government-technology-ai-jim-runestad-chatgpt-proposal-republican
Record $16B Data Center Project Advances in Michigan: What did Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI, say about the future of AI and a controversial $16-billion ...
enr.com/articles/63087-record-16b-data-center-project-advances-in-michigan
Saline Twp. data center will be 'template' for future, Sam Altman says: The tech billionaire told The Detroit News that "The Saline Barn" could be "a real ...
detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/06/01/sam-altman-openai-ceo-visits-saline-michigan-data-center-site/90357132007/
OpenAI's Sam Altman says Michigan data center a 'huge bet' on AI: Tech billionaire Sam Altman visited the site of a multi-billion-dollar data center his OpenAI ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/06/01/openai-ceo-sam-altman-oracle-clay-magouyrk-visit-saline-township-data-center-site/90296951007/
OpinionLivengood: Data center secrecy at the center of Michigan's trust crisis: Before tech giants, real estate developers and utilities could get their message ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/chad-livengood/2026/05/31/data-center-secrecy-fuels-michigans-trust-crisis/90329802007/
OpinionLivengood: Granholm back to proselytize about 'guardrails' for data centers: Proselytizing for data centers at this week's annual public policy confab on ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/chad-livengood/2026/05/27/google-data-center-van-buren-township-michigan-jennifer-granholm-mackinac-policy-conference/90193083007/
Residents Furious After Their Town Board Rejected an OpenAI Data Center, But a Billionaire Developer Forced It Through Anyway
futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-openai-residents
DTE Energy wants a $474 million rate hike, Nessel calls it a 'ransom note': Detroit-based DTE says it will forgo further rate requests until 2028 if a planned ...
eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/04/29/dte-wants-a-nearly-10-electric-rate-hike-nessel-says-shell-fight-it/89853725007/
Detroit's DTE Energy Co. is asking for another rate hike of $473 million but promised relief if a high-profile data center in Saline Township opens ... Show more
DTE to seek $473M rate hike but promises relief if data centers open
DTE to seek $473M rate hike but promises relief if data centers open
DTE beats fourth-quarter profit estimates on data center power demand: The strong results come after the Detroit-based utility negotiated an agreement to provide ...
detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/02/17/dte-beats-fourth-quarter-profit-estimates-on-data-center-power-demand/88716036007/
Judge denies request to slow construction of Saline Township data center: Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Julia Owdziej said the amount of work already done ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/02/20/judge-denies-request-to-slow-construction-of-oracle-openai-chatgpt-data-center-saline-michigan/88759349007/
UM tries to win over Ypsilanti Twp. residents over unrest on computing facility: Some Ypsilanti Township residents say the University of Michigan isn't going far ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/30/university-michigan-computing-facility-ypsilanti-townshipwin-over-residents-opposition-unrest/88376654007/
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leads Michigan and a social media empire: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer boasts that she has the "most creative" social media among governors ...
eu.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/09/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-social-media/85713253007/
‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge data center backed by top tycoons
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Public urges scrutiny of DTE Saline Township data center proposal: Business and labor advocacy groups urged regulators to sign off on DTE's data center in Saline ...
freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/12/04/dte-stargate-data-center-public-hearing/87594601007/
OpinionSaline Open AI data center has powerful backer: Jocelyn Benson's husband | Opinion
freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/11/13/saline-data-center-ai-jocelyn-benson-dte-whitmer-duggan-legislature/87233172007/
Five lawmakers urge state panel to approve Saline Township data center energy plan
detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/11/michigan-lawmakers-support-saline-township-michigan-data-center-dte-energy-oracle-openai-electricity/87214170007/
Some Saline Twp. residents didn't like 250-acre data center but feared it was 'inevitable'
detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/10/31/some-saline-twp-residents-feared-250-acre-data-center-was-inevitable/87007108007/
Michigan township sued by AI data center builder and disgruntled residents over opposition to the site — mounting concerns about rising power bills and water ...
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