As state regulators ponder approving a DTE Energy request to expedite its plan to provide energy for a new, massive data center project in Saline Township, lawmakers and other elected officials are on both sides of the debate.

After OpenAI and Oracle announced in October they would bring a data center campus to Michigan , capable of 1.4 gigawatts of computing power, DTE asked the Michigan Public Service Commission to approve its special contract to provide the energy needed for the facility without the usual public hearings. DTE's request for an "ex parte" motion has drawn scrutiny, including from elected officials like U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor and Attorney General Dana Nessel.

But some lawmakers are urging the MPSC to sign off on DTE's request.

State lawmakers, inclu

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