Controversy grows over AI data center project in Washtenaw County

SALINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Residents in Saline Township packed a township board meeting Wednesday night to speak out against a proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center.

Gov. Whitmer announced the project at the end of October, touting the new AI infrastructure site as the largest economic project in Michigan history. The project is backed by billionaire Stephen Ross, Oracle, and OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT.

While homeowners expressed their outrage at the development, township board members said they weren’t given a choice in the matter…

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