DTE’s Data Center Scheme Isn’t Just Dangerous. It’s a Backdoor to Higher Bills, Dirtier Air, and a Permanent Fossil Fuel Future.
Let’s be brutally honest: when DTE Energy comes knocking with a “bold new project,” Michiganders should immediately grab their wallets and their inhalers.
And right now, DTE is pushing two major moves at the same time — a controversial new data center in Southeast Michigan and yet another attempt to raise rates on 1.3 million gas customers. These stories aren’t separate. They’re chapters in the same book: a utility monopoly trying to squeeze families for every dollar while rolling back our clean-energy progress.
The Data Center: A Loophole Disguised as “Innovation”
DTE wants to build a massive, power-guzzling1.4 gigawatt data center in Saline — the kind of facility that consumes outrageous amounts of electricity ( this amount could power over 1 million homes), sucks up water resources, strains local infrastructure, and creates pollution without providing meaningful jobs.
And normally, that would be bad enough…