Michigan AI infrastructure

Google Tries To Rebrand The Data Center As Michigan Resistance Grows

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP — Google is trying to convince Michigan that its proposed data center near Detroit Metro Airport is not the kind of project communities across the state have been fighting. That may be the most important part of the story. The company and its development partners are pitching the Van Buren Township project

By |2026-05-26T09:06:50-04:00May 26th, 2026|ESD, News|

AI Boom Could Bring Massive Gas Power Plant To Farmland Outside Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR - A controversial proposal to build a major natural gas-fired power plant on farmland outside Ann Arbor may signal the beginning of a much larger transformation now reshaping Michigan’s economy, energy grid, and political landscape. What initially appears to be a local land-use dispute is increasingly tied to a national race to build

By |2026-05-20T13:38:35-04:00May 19th, 2026|Featured, News|

$Billion OpenAI Data Center Clears Major Legal Hurdle In Saline

SALINE - A Washtenaw County judge has rejected an effort by a Saline Township resident to intervene in the legal settlement that cleared the way for a massive, OpenAI-backed Saline data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The ruling preserves a consent judgment between the township and developer Related Digital, keeping one of Michigan’s largest proposed

By |2026-02-23T15:37:22-05:00February 23rd, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Featured, News|